Over 160,000 people took part in La Nit dels Museus 2014 The 72 museums of Barcelona and its metropolitan area have celebrated La Nit dels Museus 2014, welcoming more than 160,000 visitors. La Nit dels Museus, which marked its seventh anniversary in Barcelona this year, is an initiative promoted by the Council of Europe with […]

Barcelona City Council’s Institut de Cultura (ICUB) has promoted a survey among the municipal museum-goers to determine their profile. This document contains the main results of the survey conducted in 2013. According to its findings, 83% of the visitors to Barcelona’s museums are from outside Spain and primarily Europeans. The leading countries of origin are […]

The Barcelona City Council has presented Barcelona metròpoli creativa 2013. Economia del coneixement i economia creativa a Barcelona (Barcelona creative metropolis 2013. Knowledge economy and creative economy in Barcelona). This is a detailed study of the knowledge economy, innovation, the information and communication technologies, and the creative industries in Barcelona. The report was prepared by […]

What happens when one compares a survey’s results to the attendance data on the cultural facilities? For a number of years now Barcelona City Council’s Institut de Cultura (ICUB) has been participating in a survey among Barcelonans (the Òmnibus municipal survey) in which the city’s people are asked, among other questions, whether or not they […]