Barcelona i el cel: globus, aeroplans i fotografia

The exhibition Barcelona i el cel: globus, aeroplans i fotografia analyses the historical fascination with aviation and its connection to the Catalan capital through images and documents.

The exhibition examines the human aspiration to soar through the skies via a journey spanning from the earliest hot-air balloons to the development of aviation and the subsequent incorporation of aerial photography. The rooms bring together visual testimonies on how the industrial city opened up to airspace, initially as a leisure and sporting activity for the wealthy classes and later as a technical and cartographic tool thanks to photogrammetry. The display offers an interpretation of the relationship between the urban environment and the conquest of the sky through various documentary and photographic formats preserved for the occasion.

The Sala d'Exposicions hosts this cultural proposal open to all audiences interested in local history, technical evolution and photographic heritage. The exhibition itinerary is designed to guide the visitor through the different phases of this technological and social transformation linked to air transport and cartography in Barcelona.