THE BUILDING

The building that hosts the Museum is situated at number 23 of the Plaça Major of Verdú, the centre of the town’s social life, and it was formerly an ancestral home popularly known as “Cal Jan”.



HISTORY

Cal Jan was built in the XVth century, as all the other buildings on the same street, and already at that time it was an important house of Verdú. The lintels of the first floor balconies are an example of early XVIIth century architecture. In fact, there is an inscription on the façade dating from 1695, which is the year the house was reconstructed.

It was used as a home during the mid XXth century and in 1999 it was decided to start its transformation into a museum.

A BOLD ARCHITECTURAL INTERVENTION

In order to adapt the building to its new use, there has been a complete rethinking of its distribution, as well as the addition of a neighbouring piece of land. A ramp connecting the four visitable floors has been built. The remodelling has been carried out without architectural barriers, which has resulted into an imposing and spectacular design.



Interesting information:
- Total surface: 2,075 m2
- built surface 1,895 m2
- There have been used:
1.000 tons of stone
224 tons of concrete
55 tons of iron
20 km of electric wire
1.000 m of wire pipes
500 m2 of wood
400 m2 of glass