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In 2008, the collection became the property of Varitelia Distributions S.L.U (Grupo Metrovacesa), which in turn has made it available to the Barcelona Rock Museum Foundation for exhibition at the Rock Museum. The Museum is destined to become one of the most important rock-themed museums in the world, and represents a significant new cultural, educational and touristic attraction for the city of Barcelona.


The Barcelona Rock Museum Foundation was thus created with a very clear goal in mind: the promotion and diffusion of contemporary musical culture.


We aim to provide the public with a wide-ranging vision of the history of contemporary music and its most outstanding proponents through the Rock Museum, a museum which is living, moving, constantly changing...

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Section 2000s

Section 2000s

Our chronological tour through rock history culminates in the "2000s" section, and brings us up...

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Section 80s-90s

Section 80s-90s

"The 80s-90s" honours rock's maturity and its evolution towards an open-minded eclecticism. This period, marked...

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Section 60s-70s

Section 60s-70s

Our "60s-70s" section presents a chronological exploration of rock through its most celebrated figures. Evolving...

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Room The National rock

Room The National rock

  In the National Rock Room we find ourselves in closer, more familiar territory. A story...

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Room The Rolling Stones

Room The Rolling Stones

  The Rolling Stones Room: their Satanic Majesties began their unstoppable ascent to the heights of...

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Room The Beatles

Room The Beatles

  The Beatles Room: John Lennon, Paul McCartney –switching from guitar to the bass abandoned by...

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Room The Origins

Room The Origins

  In the Origins Room, we travel back in time to the very beginnings of rock'n'roll...

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