Photographic Archive

Archives

Historical collections
Documentation in a database, conservation in a PH-neutral environment and high-resolution digitalisation of the original images.
 
The Serra Vilaró Collection (1,105 glass plates).
The Mateu Llopis Archive (370 first generation copies).
The Jean Laurent Series (25 first generation copies).

General archive of b/w negatives
Documentation in a database, conservation in a PH-neutral environment and digitalisation of the working images. The collection consists of 33,000 photograms.

General slide archive
Contains 8,660 pictures of which those considered necessary are digitised for the digital archive.

Digital archive
Contains all the photographs that have been digitally scanned, processed and retouched, as well as those already in digital format. The collection currently has 11,000 images.

The MNAT has a graphic and documental archive open to researchers and scholars in general. It contains pictures of the Museum's collections, of the diverse monuments in the city and its surrounding area, and contextualising material on the classical world. The photographic archive contains more than 50,000 images.

The archive attends to consultations subject to prior appointment made by telephone on 977 251 515 or email at mnat@gencat.cat.