Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró

The Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró occupies the former home and working studios of the artist Joan Miró at Carrer de Joan de Saridakis 29, in the Cala Major area of Palma, on Mallorca in Spain's Balearic Islands. Miró lived and worked here from 1956 until his death in 1983, and the complex preserves the environment in which he made much of his late work. The foundation includes Miró's original studio, designed by the architect Josep Lluís Sert, a modern gallery building by Rafael Moneo, and the garden of the Son Abrines house, where sculptures sit among the trees. The collection comprises paintings, sculptures, drawings and graphic works, and the studio still shows the artist's tools, canvases and the scribbled marks he left on the walls. Seeing the working space gives context that a conventional gallery cannot. Allow 90 minutes to two hours for the studio, the gallery and the garden. The foundation opens Tuesday to Saturday, with longer hours from mid-May to mid-September, and on Sundays and holidays until 15:00; it is closed on Mondays, 25 December and 1 January. General admission is about €6, with reduced tickets around €3, and entry is free on the first Sunday of each month and on selected dates, though listings vary and should be confirmed. Morning visits are quieter, and the Cala Major seafront is a short walk away for a stroll afterward. It is reached by EMT bus from Plaça d'Espanya toward Cala Major, or by a taxi of about 15 minutes from the city centre. Visitors with a particular interest in Miró can pair the visit with the Miró ceramic mural at the Parc de la Mar in the old town.