Accessibility

At the CCCB we work to make culture and thinking accessible to everyone, particularly people with physical, sensory or cognitive disabilities. This is why we offer resources to facilitate and improve your experience.

We are committed to universal accessibility. This is why we work constantly to improve our spaces. We also design our programme so that everyone can enjoy it, and several of our programmes incorporate resources adapted to the public’s various needs.

We enjoy working on an open, participative basis with different communities. We build relations with groups and organisations that represent sectors of the public at risk of social exclusion, to cocreate cultural experiences and continue to transform the CCCB. If you’re interested in forming part of this joint creation laboratory, please send your proposal to [email protected], specifying the name of your group or organisation.

Accessibility for the deaf and hard of hearing

We have hearing loops for people who are hard of hearing and wear a hearing aid. Ask at the ticket desks. We recommend that you email us ([email protected]) to reserve a device when you purchase your ticket for the activity.
We offer sign-language visits to the exhibitions. Consult the times on our website.

Accessibility for blind and visually impaired visitors

We welcome guide dogs on presentation of the relevant documentation. We do not have drinking bowls or waste stations.
We have a large-print and Braille guide with the exhibition texts.
We organize visits to the exhibitions for people with impaired sight. Consult times on our website.
In some areas of the Centre, there is not much contrast between doors and walls. The glass doors are marked with logos and dots, but occasionally the contrast may be insufficient or reflections may occur. Most of the doors are sliding.

Physical accessibility

There are two parking spaces for disabled people at the entrance on Carrer de Montalegre.
The CCCB has accessible toilets on basement 2 and the 3^rd and 4^th
The CCCB has ramps and lifts that communicate the various floors and spaces. In some cases, it is necessary to ask the Centre’s staff to provide access. The entrance ramp has a 14% gradient, and to use the lifts you can ask at reception.
We have folding seats for visits to the exhibitions. You can pick one up at the entrances to the exhibitions.
We have two wheelchairs that you can pick up at the ticket desk or reception. We recommend that you notify us in advance of the day and time of your visit by email ([email protected]).
Desks: the reception and ticket desks are between 1.10 and 1.20 m high. They do not have adapted areas that allow access for people of short stature or in wheelchairs.
All the galleries have seats, and the auditorium has two spaces reserved for wheelchairs.

Cognitive accessibility

Easy-read exhibitions texts are available.
We have an Alzheimer’s Programme that offers specific activities for people suffering from Alzheimer and their carers.

Accessible activities

We offer accessible activities for blind and visually impaired visitors, and with sign language for deaf people.
We are part of the Apropa Cultura (Closer to Culture) programme and offer adapted visits to our exhibitions, and discounts and free admission to activities.

Finding your way around

Reception

If you arrive at the Centre from Carrer de Montalegre, you’ll find the reception on the left when you go through the main entrance from the street. You’ll see some sliding doors with a sign that reads “Oficines”. Go through the doors to the reception desks.

If you arrive at the Centre from Plaça de Joan Coromines, you have to cross the Pati de les Dones courtyard and go under the arch. Then you’ll see the sliding doors with the “Oficines” sign on your right.

Foyer and Ticket desks

The ticket desks are in the Foyer space, beneath the Pati de les Dones courtyard. They are on basement 1.

If you arrive at the Centre from Carrer de Montalegre, go under the arches between the offices and Laie bookshop into the Pati de les Dones courtyard. Turn left and go down the ramp (14%). Continue through the sliding doors and go down another ramp. Here you’ll find the ticket desks, where staff will answer your questions and sell tickets. They will provide information about the CCCB’s services, spaces and programme.

If you arrive at the Centre from Plaça de Joan Coromines, you’ll find the ramp on the right of the Pati de les Dones courtyard.

A ramp with a 14% gradient leads down to the ticket desk. There is also a lift. To take the lift, ask for assistance at reception.

Exhibition galleries

The CCCB has two exhibition galleries on floors 2 and 3.

From the ticket desk of the CCCB, first go up some steps and then take an escalator. You can also go down a gently sloping ramp to the Auditorium, where there is a lift to the first basement. Depending on which exhibition you are going to see, stop on the 2^nd or 3^rd floor. To take the lift, ask CCCB staff.

Mirador Hall

The Mirador Hall occupies the 5^th floor of the CCCB. With its glazed façade, it offers less known views of Barcelona: the sea, the old town, Montjuïc, Tibidabo and Collserola Tower. It also has an additional space, on the floor below, which is used as a reception area for the events held here. The foyer is located on the 4^th floor and the Mirador on the 5^th.

If you arrive at the Centre from Carrer de Montalegre, cross the Pati de les Dones courtyard and at the second arch, on the right, you’ll see some sliding doors with a sign that reads “Entrada Mirador”. If you arrive at Plaça de Joan Coromines, just before you enter the Pati de les Dones courtyard, on the left you’ll see sliding doors with a sign that reads “Entrada Mirador”.

Once inside, you’ll see the CCCB Archive on the left, which tells you you’re on the ground floor. Carry straight on and turn right, where you’ll see a lift. Go up to the 4^th floor, where the foyer of the Mirador Hall is located. Go up some steps to the 5^th floor and the Mirador vantage point.

If you have mobility problems, notify reception so that someone from our Centre can accompany you to the lift to get directly to the 5^th floor.

Classrooms 1 and 2

Classrooms 1 and 2 are located on the 1^st floor.

If you arrive at the Centre from Carrer de Montalegre, cross the Pati de les Dones and at the second arch, on the left, you’ll see some sliding doors with a sign that reads “Aules”. If you arrive at Plaça de Joan Coromines, just before you enter the Pati de les Dones courtyard, on the right you’ll see sliding doors with a sign that reads “Aules”.

To the left there are also sliding doors with a sign that reads “Aules”. Once you’re inside, go up the stairs to the 1^st floor. There are toilets on the left; carry straight on and turn right. You’ll find a corridor where the CCCB’s classrooms are located. The number of each classroom is indicated on its door. There are also lifts up to the 1^st floor.

Auditorium

When you reach the Foyer, with the ticket desks to your right, carry straight on. Instead of taking the stairs up to the exhibitions, go downstairs, turning left from basement 1 down to basement 2. The lifts will be on your left and in front of you you’ll see some grey doors with a sign that reads “Auditori”.

Sala Teatre multipurpose space and Sala Raval conference room

If you arrive at the Centre from Carrer de Montalegre, go under the arches between the offices and Laie bookshop. When you reach the Pati de les Dones courtyard carry straight on, past the Bar and the entrance to the Mirador Hall. Carry on to Plaça de Joan Coromines, where the CCCB’s Teatre building is located on your right.

To get to the Sala Teatre and the Sala Raval, enter this building. Once inside, you’ll find yourself in the foyer, which is a reception space.

Sala Raval is on the ground floor of the building, and Sala Teatre is on the 2^nd floor, with an escalator leading up to it. To take the lift, ask CCCB staff.

Xcèntric Archive

The Xcèntric Archive, on basement one, is the CCCB’s experimental film archive.

From the ticket desks, go up some stairs to basement 1. You’ll see a sign that reads “Teatre CCCB”; carry straight on and turn left, and the entrance to the Xcèntric Archive is clearly indicated. You’ll find some sliding doors that lead into the Archive. If you are unable to take these stairs, you can use the lift which is on basement 2, as there is a slight slope to it from the Foyer.