Camp Nou is the home stadium of FC Barcelona. It was built in the 1950s to replace their old stadium, as the club's popularity grew and they won two league titles. The first steps towards building a new stadium were taken in 1950, when the club president signed an option to purchase land for the stadium. The FC Barcelona museum was first proposed in the 1920s but was not opened until 1984. It has since been expanded three times and now covers 3,500 square meters. It receives over 1.2 million visitors per year, making it the most visited museum in Catalonia. The museum helps explain the social and cultural impact of the club and is considered one of the best football museums in the world.

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2. History From 1948, people were more and more keen on the idea of building a completely new ground, but this was not an easy thing to do, and it was necessary to convince the local authorities that a new stadium would be able to fit in with the plans at the time to develop the upper area of the Diagonal. It is often said that what finally convinced the board that there was no other option than the construction of a new ground was the arrival of the now legendary LadislauKubala, one of the finest players ever to appear for FC Barcelona. And although there can be no doubting that Kubala attracted more interest than ever in the team and meant the club’s spirits hit a new high, the decision to build was inspired just as much by the two League titles won in 1947-48 and 1948-49, which was before the great Hungarian had signed for the club. In fact, the first solid step towards a new stadium came in September 1950, fifteen days before Kubala played his first friendly match wearing his new Barçacolours. It was then that the president of the time, AgustíMontal y Galobart, signed an option to purchase a site in the area known as La Maternidad, an option that was to be taken up just two months later.

4. TheMuseum The idea of creating a Museum to display the history of FC Barcelona goes back to the twenties, when the club founder Joan Gamper put the suggestion to members of the board. For various reasons, the project never got off the ground. It was not until 1984 during the JosepLluísNúñez presidency that the club was able to inaugurate its Museum. FC Barcelona was once again setting standards for the rest of the football world to follow. Since then, the Museum has been expanded on three occasions, in 1987, 1994 and 1998, to now become a facility that takes up a surface area of 3,500 m2 Year after year, the Museum has been consolidated as one of the finest platforms for explaining the social and cultural projection of the club. It has gained so much prestige that it is now generally considered the best football museum in the world, and is also the most visited museum in the whole of Catalonia, welcoming more than 1,200,000 visitors a year. The Museum has also set an example that many other clubs both in Spain and abroad have followed by starting similar initiatives of their own.

5. During your visit to the Museum you can enjoy moments of club history through their TOP TEN exhibits, a series of displays which are indispensible to understanding our great past and present alike.

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