This museum is located in the Palau March, built between 1939 and 1945 to be the family residence in Palma of Majorcan banker Juan March Ordinas (1880-1962). The project was designed by architect Luis Gutierrez Soto from Madrid, who followed a historicist language with notable influence of Majorcan and Italian baroque palaces.
Highlights include the courtyard of honor and the façade, with highly sophisticated ornamentation and an open gallery (now occupied by the Cappuccino cafeteria) conceived as an excellent viewpoint over the heart of Palma.
The museum houses a total of five collections: Modern and contemporary sculpture, including works by artists like Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Pietro Consagra, Auguste Rodin, Eusebi Sempere or Eduardo Chillida; Belén Napolitano, from the eighteenth century and consisting of about two thousand pieces; Josep Maria Sert, with two murals made by the Catalan artist in the dome of the central staircase and the music room; and Cartography, a collection of Majorcan navigation charts from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries compiled by Bartolomé March.
The palace also features a specialized thematic Balearic library, the collection of which ranges from the fourteenth century to the present. The Bartolomé March Foundation is the headquarters in Palma of the International Music Festival of Deia.
Adults: €10
7-12 years: €6
+ 65 years: €6
Residents: €8
From Monday to Friday: from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday: from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
