The museum is composed by a group of five museum venues archaeological sites in several places of Catalonia:
MAC Barcelona Officially, Museu d'Arqueologia de Barcelona i Institut de Prehistòria i Arqueologia. The museum was designed by
Pelagi Martínez i Patricio, covers an area of 4,000 m and is structured into five chronological spaces: prehistory;
protohistory, the
Greek and
Phoenician colonisations; the
Roman Empire; and, finally, the
Visigoths, marking the start of the medieval period. the Iberian Treasure of
Tivissa and the
votive crown from the Treasure of Torredonjimeno.
The Greco-Roman city of Empúries The village of
Sant Martí d'Empúries is on a small isthmus that has been settled since the 9th century BCE, when it was inhabited by
Indigetes. The town itself was built around the 6th century BCE by Greek colonists and was later occupied by the Romans during the
Punic Wars. Archaeological recovery of the site began in 1908 and 25% of the site has been excavated. In addition to the outdoor exhibits, many of the artifacts discovered here can be seen in the museum on the site. It was relocated on several occasions until it arrived at its current location in the Benedictine monastery of
Sant Pere de Galligants in 1857. It became a part of MAC in 1992.
The monuments of Olèrdola The settlement at
Olèrdola was continuously inhabited from the 8th century BCE to the time of the
Reconquista. The site includes an Iron Age fortified nucleus, an Iberian settlement, a Roman fortification and a medieval town with Romanesque and pre-Romanesque churches and medieval tombs cut into the rock. It was opened to the public in November 1971 and became part of the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia in 1995.
The Iberian settlement of Ullastret Located in the
Baix Empordà, the Iberian town of
Ullastret is the largest
Iberian settlement discovered so far in Catalonia, with a history stretching back to the 5th Century B.C. Excavations started in 1948 and continue to this day. Visitors can walk around the ruined walls and cobbled streets of the village, as well as visit the Ullastret Monographic Museum, which is also part of the complex. ==The Submarine Archaeology Centre of Catalonia==