Figueres is much more than Dalí. On the same Rambla where the surrealist genius was born, the Museu de l'Empordà holds something quieter but equally valuable: the artistic and historical memory of the entire comarca.
With a history dating back to the late 19th century — when the first deposits arrived from the Prado Museum and prominent Empordà figures began donating works — the museum built over decades one of the most significant art collections in the region. The current building, inaugurated in 1971, was conceived as a museum of archaeology and art history, and today offers a historical reading of its collections alongside a firm commitment to contemporary creation.
The permanent exhibition spans more than two thousand years: from funerary objects and Iberian, Attic, and Italic ceramics to medieval sculpture from the Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes; from Baroque painting with Prado deposits — Ribera, Mengs, Mignard — to 19th and 20th-century painting and sculpture with Sorolla, Casas, Mir, Nonell, Tàpies, and Gargallo. And running through it all, the art of the Empordà: Dalí, Santos Torroella, Reig, Vallès, Blanquet.
The museum also organises temporary exhibitions and activities focused on the dissemination of local heritage, with particular attention to experimentation and contemporary artistic reflection.
A museum that surprises: more intimate than monumental, essential for anyone who wants to understand the Empordà beyond its landscape.
Practical information
📍 Rambla, 2 — Figueres
🕐 Tuesday to Saturday: 10am–7pm · Sundays and public holidays: 10am–2pm · Closed Mondays
💶 €5 general · €2.50 reduced · Free entry with Museu Dalí ticket
