Permanent exhibition

The Montcada Venue's permanent exhibition shows a selection of around 530 pieces from various cultures in Africa, Oceania, Asia and the Americas. Distributed by continent, a set of interactive and audiovisual media help visitors to situate the objects in the context in which they were created. These museographical resources brings to the public a part of the documentary collection that is conserved in both the Museu Etnològic i de Cultures del Món and the Folch Foundation.

The collection's ceremonial statuary and masks make it possible to understand the artistic forms and rituals of the Fang, Dogon, Yoruba, Baule, Bembe, Songye, Bambara and Pende people, among others. The 64 selected pieces from the African continent include items from Sierra Leone, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ethiopia.

Sculpture (Osun, goddess of freshwater and rivers, acompanied by attendants)

1900-1925 Would you like to see it?

Bieri (Guardian reliquary figure)

19th Century Would you like to see it?

Magic Scroll

Fourth quarter of the 18th Century Would you like to see it?

Plaque with a High Dignitary

1550-1700 Would you like to see it?

Ikawara Mask

19th-20th Century Would you like to see it?

This extensive collection begins with the expeditions carried out by the Museu Etnològic and the Folch Foundation in New Guinea and Australia. The 76 selected pieces represent artistic and cultural aspects of Oceania art from the 19th and 20th centuries, including the “Men's house” from the settlements around the river Sepik and the ancient sculptures from the river Karawari caves, as well as Australian bark paintings and the wooden Moai from Easter Island.

Bark Painting (Three female Mimi kidnapped by a giant)

c. 1960 Would you like to see it?

Kovave Mask

20th Century Would you like to see it?

Pectoral (Reimiro)

19th Century Would you like to see it?

Stick (Purukuparli and his son Jinani)

20th Century Would you like to see it?

Stick (Pilar of Men's House)

First half of the 20th Century Would you like to see it?

The 250 pieces representing the various Asian cultural and artistic traditions make it possible to follow an itinerary that travels from Gandhāra Buddhist images to art from Tibet and Japan. There are pieces that represent a wide geographical area and timeline, stretching from the first millennium before our era to the present day. The cultures of India, Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet, Burma, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, China and Korea are all represented.

Shadow Puppet (Hanuman)

Fourth quarter of the 19th Century - First quarter 20th Century Would you like to see it?

Steles (Vishnu and Laksmi on Garuda)

14th-16th centuries Would you like to see it?

Sculpture (Bodhisattva Maitreya)

2nd-5th centuries Would you like to see it?

Plate

c.1961 Would you like to see it?

Sculpture (Fasting Historical Buddha Sakyamuni)

2nd-3rd Centuries Would you like to see it?

The 138 pieces from Pre-Colombian America come from Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. There are ceramic funerary figures from tombs in Jalisco, Colima and Nayarit, masks from Mezcala, spaces dedicated to the Mayan ball game and its culture, ceramics from the cultures of the Nazca and Mocheles valleys, Valdivia Statuettes and outstanding pieces of gold work and textiles from the Chimú and Chancay cultures, among others.