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Best museums in Barcelona, ranked honestly

Ranked by Reality: whether each one delivers for people who went. The chips show if it lives up to its hype.

CosmoCaixa — photo by Cristian T

Worth itReality 85 +161CosmoCaixa★ 4.7Day trips & outer city · MuseumHuge hands-on science museum with an indoor flooded Amazon rainforest; €8, kids free

MNAC — photo by Dimitra Kotroni

Worth itReality 81 +162MNAC★ 4.7Montjuïc & Poble-sec · MuseumCatalonia's national art museum in the Palau Nacional, famed for Romanesque church murals

Maritime Museum — photo by Vitalie Ceban

Worth itReality 80 +383Maritime Museum★ 4.4Barceloneta & waterfront · MuseumMaritime museum in the vast medieval Drassanes shipyards, built around a full-size royal galley

Miró Foundation — photo by Memeo Clio

Worth it if…Reality 55 +94Miró Foundation★ 4.5Montjuïc & Poble-sec · MuseumJosep Lluís Sert's white modernist museum on Montjuïc holding Joan Miró's own collection

Picasso Museum — photo by Quan Le

Worth it if…Reality 55 −45Picasso Museum★ 4.4Old City (Gothic, Born, Raval) · MuseumPicasso's formative years in five medieval palaces on Carrer de Montcada, El Born

MACBA — photo by Lola Montalbán Alpañez

Worth it if…Reality 52 +126MACBA★ 4.2Old City (Gothic, Born, Raval) · MuseumRichard Meier's white contemporary-art museum in El Raval, fronted by a famous skate plaza

Chocolate Museum — photo by Joan Soler Martí

Skip itReality 41 +167Chocolate Museum★ 3.9Old City (Gothic, Born, Raval) · MuseumSmall Born museum of chocolate history and sculptures; the ticket is a chocolate bar

The numbers

#	Place	Verdict	Hype	Reality	Gap	Google
1	CosmoCaixa	Worth it	69	85	+16 · Underrated	★ 4.7 (49,539)
2	MNAC	Worth it	65	81	+16 · Underrated	★ 4.7 (39,782)
3	Maritime Museum	Worth it	42	80	+38 · Underrated	★ 4.4 (13,319)
4	Miró Foundation	Worth it if…	46	55	+9 · Lives up to the hype	★ 4.5 (15,087)
5	Picasso Museum	Worth it if…	59	55	−4 · Lives up to the hype	★ 4.4 (40,527)
6	MACBA	Worth it if…	40	52	+12 · Lives up to the hype	★ 4.2 (15,362)
7	Chocolate Museum	Skip it	25	41	+16 · Lives up to the hype	★ 3.9 (8,743)