Museu Picasso Barcelona Tickets: Price, Free Thursdays

Prices and who pays what

The museum's tickets and opening hours page lists these rates:

Every reduced or free category needs accreditation, so carry ID or a student card. Visitors under 14 must come with an adult. Bicing card holders get 25% off.

Buying online saves €1 a head. For a family of two adults and two children under 18, the paid total is €24 online, because the children are free. Two adults aged 30 and 23 pay €19 online (€12 + €7).

The page calls the general price "Price to Collection" and does not say whether temporary exhibitions are included or cost extra. Barcelona City Council's Agenda Barcelona listing gives different figures, €14 online and €15 for collection plus temporary exhibition, with €7.50 reduced. The museum's own page is the one to follow for the price you will pay; the checkout shows the final amount.

Articket BCN

If you plan more museums, the museum page lists the Articket BCN at €38: one admission to each of six museums (CCCB, MACBA, MNAC, Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Fundació Joan Miró and Museu Picasso), valid for 12 months and covering permanent and temporary exhibitions. It costs more than three Picasso tickets at €12, so it only pays off if you will visit several of the six. Add up the current single prices in our MNAC and Fundació Joan Miró guides before you decide.

Free Thursdays, first Sundays and Open Door days

Entry is free for everyone at these times, according to the museum page:

• Thursdays, 16:00 to 19:00.
• The first Sunday of every month. The next ones are 1 November and 6 December 2026, and 3 January 2027.
• Open Door days: 12 February, 17 May (International Museum Day) and 24 September.

All of them require a prior reservation, and the page says free-slot reservations open at 10:00 four days before the visit. For a free Thursday on 5 November, that means booking from 10:00 on Sunday 1 November. The museum also notes that it has limited capacity.

A free Thursday slot is a good deal if your schedule allows it, but three hours is enough only for a focused visit. If you want a guided tour or the audio guide, or you are travelling on a weekend, a paid €12 ticket on the day you choose is the simpler plan.

Opening hours and closed days

• Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00–19:00.
• 24 and 31 December: 10:00–14:00.
• Closed: every Monday, and on 1 January, 1 May, 24 June and 25 December.

The ticket office closes 30 minutes before the museum, so a ticket-office buyer needs to arrive by 18:30. The museum does not publish a separate last-entry time.

For a late-December trip, the calendar is: 24 December open until 14:00, 25 December closed, 26 December normal hours, 31 December until 14:00 and 1 January closed. New Year's Day 2027 is a Friday, so the museum reopens on Saturday 2 January, and 3 January is a free first Sunday that needs booking four days ahead.

Audio guides and guided tours

According to the guided tours and audio guides page, audio guides for the collection and highlights come in ten languages, including English, French, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, and there is a children's version in four languages. You collect one at the audio guide desk on the day or buy admission with an audio guide online. The page does not list the audio guide price.

Guided tours for individual visitors cost €6 on top of admission and need advance booking online, by email or by phone; one booking covers up to nine people. English tours run on Tuesdays at 15:00 and 16:00, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10:15, and Sundays at 10:30. Meet at the Palau del Baró de Castellet, Montcada 17, at least 10 minutes before the start with your ticket.

Getting there

The museum is at Carrer de Montcada 15–23, in the Ciutat Vella (old town) district. The getting here page lists:

• Metro: Jaume I (L4) and Arc de Triomf (L1).
• Bus: 45, 120, V15 and V17 on Via Laietana; 39, 51 and H14 on Passeig Picasso; H14, 45 and 51 at Pla de Palau; 120 also on Carrer Princesa.
• Car: the museum has no car park; public car parks are on Carrer Princesa, Passeig del Born, Plaça de la Catedral, Avinguda Cambó and Via Laietana.

For which travel card covers the metro and buses, see our T-casual and fare zones guide.

Bags, rules and accessibility

The regulations page says free lockers take suitcases, backpacks and bags smaller than 56 × 45 × 25 cm, subject to space, and you show your ticket or booking confirmation to use them. That is roughly cabin-bag size: a large checked suitcase will not fit, so leave it at your hotel. Food, drink and umbrellas are not allowed in the rooms.

If the free slots are gone

Free reservations are limited, and the release four days ahead is the only chance to get one. If they are gone, a paid ticket is €12 online, and paying also frees you to choose a morning visit or a guided tour. Other Barcelona museums run their own free slots with separate rules; the MNAC guide linked above covers one. If you would rather spend the afternoon elsewhere in Ciutat Vella, the Palau de la Música guided tour is another ticketed visit nearby.