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Palma (Palma de Mallorca), is home to many cultural venues depicting the rich history and heritage of the region. Museums, exhibition halls and art galleries offer a wide variety of artefacts displaying archaeology, religion, medieval architecture and avant-garde art.

To know more about the following museums, visit Palma's attractions page.

Museo de Arte Español Contemporáneo (Fundación Juan March)

Inaugurated in December 1990, the Museu Fundación Juan March in Palma is located in the 17th-century regionalist building known as 'Can Gallard des Canyar'. The museum has a room for important exhibitions and an assembly hall to host cultural activities. The temporary exhibitions at the museum galleries display works of local and international artists. Likewise, the permanent collection is dedicated to twentieth-century Spanish artists such as Picasso, Dali, Miro, Juan Gris and Antoni Tapies. In 2009, new selections of artworks by Pablo Picasso were added to the permanent gallery.

Palau March Museu (Biblioteca Bartolomé March) ( Visit Site )

Home to the Bartolomé March Foundation, Palau March Museu organizes temporary and permanent exhibitions by exemplary artists such as Rodin, Moore and Chillida. Along with contemporary art, the patio also displays religious sculptures made from polychromed wood. The different areas of the residential palace hold an 18th century Nativity crib display from Naples, manuscripts, codices, and nautical maps from the 15th – 17th centuries.

Cathedral Museum

Located on the ground floor of the Cathedral's belfry, the museum has three-chapter rooms. At the Sacristy room, from the beginning of the 14th-century, you can admire wood and silver masterpieces from the 13th-century together with the portable altar of King James I. The second Gothic room, built in the 14th-century, features the altarpiece of Saint Sebastian, patron of Palma. Last but not least is the 17th-century Baroque room which contains an invaluable collection of Gothic & Baroque sculptures, paintings and silver-smithery.

List of Top Art Galleries

AHOY! Art Gallery Palma
Address: Carrer de la Concepció, 6, 07012 Palma, Illes Balears, Spain

Gallery Corner
Address: Carrer de la Protectora, 1, 07012 Palma, Illes Balears, Spain

Gerhardt Braun Gallery
Address: Carrer de Sant Feliu, 17, 07012 Palma, Illes Balears, Spain

Pilar and Joan Miro Foundation
Address: Carrer de Saridakis, 29, 07015 Palma — Illes Balears, Spain

Bartolomé March Foundation
Address: Carrer del Palau Reial, 18, 07001 Palma, Illes Balears, Spain