Hemp Museum Gallery

Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum

Museum in 2013
Location in the city center of Barcelona
Established 2012
Location Carrer Ample 35
Barcelona, Spain
Coordinates 41°13′31″N 2°06′18″E / 41.2253°N 2.1049°E / 41.2253; 2.1049Coordinates: 41°13′31″N 2°06′18″E / 41.2253°N 2.1049°E / 41.2253; 2.1049
Collection size 8.000 items
Founder Ben Dronkers
Public transit access Jaume I (Barcelona Metro), Drassanes (Barcelona Metro)
Website www.hashmuseum.com

The Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum is a museum located in Barcelona, Spain and dedicated to the culture of cannabis. The museum opened on May 9, 2012.[1][2]

Building

The museum is located in the Palau Mornau, a palace built by the noble family of Santcliment in the sixteenth century and is located on the current number 35 of Carrer Ample in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona. The family was the owner of the city palace until the late eighteenth century when Josep Francesc Mornau, honorary war commissioner of the Royal Armies, bought the building. In the early twentieth century Joan Nadal de Vilardaga, brother of the then mayor of Barcelona, purchased the palace and commissioned the Catalan Modernism architect Manuel Raspall to extend and renovate the building. His renovation works are highlighted by a façade coated with faux stones, wrought-iron balconies adorned with floral motifs and a stained glass bow window. Inside, the rooms were decorated, each with a different style in floors, ceilings, windows, walls and even furniture (now disappeared), all according to the eclectic taste of the early twentieth century. The museum has a total area of 482 square meters.[3][4]

History

In 1985, Ben Dronkers opened the Hash, Marihuana & Hemp Museum in Amsterdam, the world's first museum devoted to cannabis. Years later, he opened a second location in Barcelona. The museum shows the past, present and future of the cannabis plant, emphasizing that cannabis will be the "penicillin of the future" due to its use in the medical world.[5]

Collection

Its permanent collection consists of more than 8,000 cannabis related objects. From cultivation to consumption, from ancient rituals to modern medicine, all aspects of cannabis in human culture are represented in one way or another.

References

  1. ↑ "Hash Marihuana Cáñamo & Hemp Museum review". Time Out Barcelona. Time Out. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Hemp Museum Gallery sight review". Lonely Planet Barcelona. Lonely Planet. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  3. ↑ Steffie Kinglake. "Hash Marihuana Cáñamo & Hemp Museum". Miniguide Barcelona. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  4. ↑ Ferenz Jacobs. "Palau Mornau". Miniguide Barcelona. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  5. ↑ Pol Solà & Hannah Landau. "A Dutch millionaire opens a cannabis museum in Barcelona and supports its legalization". Catalan News Agency. Agència Catalana de Notícies. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hash Marihuana Cáñamo & Hemp Museum.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/26/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.