Hemp Museum Gallery — Attraction in Barcelona

The museum is located in the Palau Mornau, a palace built by the noble family of Santcliment in the sixteenth century and is located on the current number 35 of Carrer Ample in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona. The family was the owner of the city palace until the late eighteenth century when Josep Francesc Mornau, honorary war commissioner of the Royal Armies, bought the building. In the early twentieth century Joan Nadal de Vilardaga, brother of the then mayor of Barcelona, purchased the palace and commissioned the Catalan Modernism architect Manuel Raspall to extend and renovate the building. His renovation works are highlighted by a façade coated with faux stones, wrought-iron balconies adorned with floral motifs and a stained glass bow window. Inside, the rooms were decorated, each with a different style in floors, ceilings, windows, walls and even furniture (now disappeared), all according to the eclectic taste of the early twentieth century. The museum has a total area of 482...

A subtle, profound museum. Exhibits are exceedingly well curated and themselves will be a great tutorial for those who are new to this history and culture.

I was relatively in-elevated when I arrived (would visit my favorite cannabis club, Club Guru, after), but I’ll need to go back after visiting my club, because I think my visit would be enhanced by an ability to concentrate (I’ll be looking for a strain that gives a heady, contemplative high).

Impressively informative, I walked away, ready to mansplain so many aspects of stoner culture and the troubled narrative of this great plant—knowledge cemented by the visual that the museum provides for everything.

All within the spectacular setting of the Palau Mornau, itself a place of architectural beauty and history.

An important international site, that should be on every Barcelona top 10 list, especially if one is in...

The “Museum” is a complete waste of time and money. The entrance fee is outrageously high for what you get—just walls covered with photos and endless texts to read. There’s nothing engaging, nothing interactive, and certainly nothing you wouldn’t find in any basic history book.

In less than 20 minutes, you’ve seen everything, and you leave with the frustrating feeling that you could have spent your time exploring something far more interesting in Barcelona. There’s no depth, no real storytelling, and no effort to make the experience worthwhile.

I wouldn’t recommend this museum to anyone—not tourists, not locals, not even history enthusiasts. Unless you enjoy paying to read text panels in a dull, uninspiring setting, avoid this place at all costs.

Don’t waste your time...