Museum Network
The Museus secció are part of MNAC but they go under an independent management and ownership is on the respective councils. Currently three entities comprise:
- The Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer: Victor Balaguer Museum Library is located at Vilanova i la Geltrú and was founded in 1884 by Victor Balaguer as a sign of gratitude to the city for support received in his political career. It has a gallery specializing in Catalan painting of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including works by Santiago Rusiñol, Ramon Casas, Joaquim Vayreda, Ramon Martí Alsina, Dionís Baixeras, Isidre Nonell, Rafael Durancamps and Xavier Nogués, among others. It also features works from different periods of art history, with an Egyptian collection, pre-Columbian, Filipino, East, archaeological and decorative arts. It also has placed works of art from the Museo del Prado.
- The Cau Ferrat: located in Sitges, near the beach of San Sebastian, was the home study of Santiago Rusiñol. It was opened as a museum in 1935, and exhibit several collections related to modernism and the artist. There is a large collection of iron, glass and ceramics. As for painting and drawing, man can see works of Ramon Casas, Miquel Utrillo, Ignacio Zuloaga, Anglada Camarasa, Picasso and Darío de Regoyos, among others. One of the peculiarities is the same provision of the works.
- The County Museum of la Garrotxa: located in Olot, specializes in Catalan painting and more specifically members of the School of Olot. Man can see works by artists such as Ramon Casas, Xavier Nogués, Leonci Quera, Ramon Amadeu, Miquel Blay and Josep Clarà and a collection Art Nouveau posters.
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