Alien is one of the science fiction and horror film sagas most loved by fans of this genre. Well now, 41 years after the premiere of the first film, the first museum in Barcelona based on the alien saga Alien opens. Could you imagine a museum of this type? We explain everything that is known about this curious and original museum.
Barcelona museum based on the alien room
Luis Nostromo, who is what he calls himself the owner of the museum based on the Alien saga, for 20 years has been collecting objects of all kinds related to these films , of which he declares himself an unconditional fan. In fact, the last name may already give you a clue as to how far his passion for Alien reaches, since Nostromo is the fictional spaceship that appears in the movie Alien, the eighth passenger .
For him, collecting Alien objects was much more than a simple whim, his dream was to expose them so that everyone could enjoy them. But it was not worth any place, it had to be a space that recreated the most emblematic scenes of the movies . And this is how the first museum in Barcelona based on the alien saga Alien was born.
What is the Alien museum in Barcelona like?
As we have already mentioned, Luis Nostromo began collecting figurines and material from the Alien saga. But, over the last three years, it has completely transformed a place to transport all who visit this museum in Barcelona to the films of their favorite saga . Some of the most important movie sets are housed in this museum and all have been painstakingly hand-built. As we have said, neither more nor less than a three-year job.
The museum is divided into several sections, two of which recreate the most emblematic settings from the first film. Obviously, the Nostromo ship and the laboratory cannot be missed, as well as numerous details and objects that any fan of the saga will recognize very easily. There is also the Narcissus ship , which is the one Ellen Ripley uses to escape.
The third section is the Hadley’s Hope gallery , where full-scale models of the alien and original objects from the 1986 film are exhibited. And, finally, the fourth section, set in Alien 3, has been dubbed El Matadero and is where the most special objects are exhibited.
Is the Alien museum worth visiting?
So far all the people who have visited it are delighted with the experience and have a very good opinion about it. In addition, there is no problem for those who do not remember too much about the saga, since the visit is guided.
The museum has been taken care of in detail, it has been done with great care and taking care of even the smallest detail. In addition, it is an immersive museum , since the objective is for people to feel inside these science fiction films that marked an entire generation and that, even today, are still a success.
The museum is located in the city of Barcelona and it is the first museum to open on this subject. In addition, as a curiosity, in this same city, which is considered the European capital of escape rooms , a little over a year ago one of these rooms opened its doors set in this same saga. So fans of the Alien movies are in luck, they can visit the museum and then release adrenaline trying to escape alive from the clutches of the alien.
Are you a fan of the Alien saga? Would you travel to Barcelona to visit this museum?
