The Museu d'Art Jaume Morera (Jaume Morera Art Museum) is a museum in

Lleida Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...

(

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

) created by the

Diputació de Lleida The Province of Lleida (; Aranese Occitan: Lhèida ; es, Lérida ) is one of the four provinces of Catalonia. It lies in north-eastern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Catalonia, and is bordered by the Provinces of ...

and the Lleida City Council (''

La Paeria The Palace of La Paeria is the name the city hall of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, which currently houses the city council. The see is located on Plaça de la Paeria. Lleida's mayor is called '' Paer en cap'', a term also used for Cervera's mayor. The ...

'') with the collaboration of the painter

Jaume Morera i Galícia Jaume Morera i Galícia (1854 – 24 April 1927) was a Catalan landscape painter. Biography He was born in Lleida. His family was from a small town and had been attracted to Lleida by business opportunities. He moved to Madrid to study la ...

. It is the museum of modern and contemporary art of the city of Lleida. Today is municipally owned and receives financial support from the ''Diputació de Lleida'' and the Department of Culture of the

Generalitat of Catalonia The Generalitat de Catalunya (; oc, label=Aranese, Generalitat de Catalonha; es, Generalidad de Cataluña), or the Government of Catalonia, is the institutional system by which Catalonia politically organizes its self-government. It is formed b ...

. Its entrance is free.
history of the museum
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Official website
{{Authority control Lleida Art museums and galleries in Catalonia

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