Activities

To access the library, it is necessary to identify yourself at the entrance with an official identity document or Reader’s Card from the library. Backpacks, bags and other personal items must be deposited in the cloakroom service.
 

OPENING HOURS

Monday, Wednesday and Friday
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Tuesday and Thursday
3:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Summer
From June 26 to September 30 (both inclusive): Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
August: closed.

Christmas and Easter
Check with the Library.

HOW TO GET THERE

Metro L1 Arc de Triomf, L2 Tetuan
Tren R1, R3 i R4 Arc de Triomf
Bus 50, V19, 19, B20, B25, 6, 7, 54, 62
Nearby Bicing stations and bicycle stands Check the map

Accessible to wheelchair users.

A double-door elevator is available in the Arús Library premises. 

OUR ACTIVITIES

Come and discover an històric library

EXHIBITS

OPENING HOURS
Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10 h – 15 h
Tuesday and Thursday 16 h – 21 h

Easter opening hours

COVID19: limited capacity

GUIDED TOURS AND LECTURES

Let our expert guides reveal the secrets of this historic library.

Groups and studen lectures must make an appointment.

VIRTUAL TOUR

¡Visit the library from the comfort of your own home!

NEXT
ACTIVITIES

13/04/2023 – 22/06/2023
Per tal de commemorar la proclamació de la Primera República a Barcelona el 1873, la Biblioteca ha preparat l’exposició "Els republicans i la Primera República a l’Arús", un cicle de conferències titulat "La Primera República a Barcelona ara fa 150 anys" i dues sessions de música en viu (a confirmar), a càrrec de l'ESMUC.
13/04/2023 – 11/10/2023
L’exposició pretén que l’espectador s’apropi a l’ambient polític, social i cultural del republicanisme i els republicans barcelonins dels anys 1873-1874, quan, per primer cop es proclamà la Primera República i s’intentà l’establiment d’un estat i un règim democràtics i populars a Catalunya i a l’Estat espanyol.
17/01/2023 – 13/06/2023
El pròxim 17 de gener a les 18:30 h s'iniciarà a la Biblioteca el cicle de conferències: "Ciència i mística. Quatre segles d'intel·lectualitat i tradició iniciàtica", organitzat per la Respectable Lògia Porta de Denderah. El cicle consta de sis conferèrencies que es realitzaran durant la primera meitat de l'any, finalitzant el 13 de juny de 2023.
01/06/2023
El pròxim dijous 1 juny a les 18:30 h es realitzarà a la Biblioteca la conferència “La maçoneria a Catalunya i les Balears els anys seixanta i setanta del segle XIX”, a càrrec de Joan-Francesc Pont Clemente i Catalina Martorell. L’acte forma part de la programació especial pel 150 aniversari de la Primera República.
03/06/2023
Com cada mes, Cases Singulars organitza diferents visites guiades a la Biblioteca Pública Arús i la Col·lecció Sherlock Holmes de Joan Proubasta.
06/06/2023
Com cada mes, Cases Singulars organitza diferents visites guiades a la Biblioteca Pública Arús i la Col·lecció Sherlock Holmes de Joan Proubasta.

Book sponsorship campaign

Sponsor our rarest treasures

This initiative stems from the need of preserving some of our most valuable documents, be it due to their rarity, importance or fragility. Six of these documents have been selected and will be digitalized as soon as the goal is met, so that they can be accessed and spread without bounds. If you would like to sponsor one of our treasures, you can do so by filling the sponsorship form and donate anything from 10€.

Mission acomplished. Thank you very much to all of you who have participated. Soon, the Library will contact the sponsors of the documents.

Guillaume Tell [Printed
Music]. Paroles de M.M.
[J]ouy et H. Bis. [ca. 1858].

Rossini, Gioacchino

Rossini’s last opera. It premiered in 1829 in Paris, and became widely successful, a source of inspiration for opera composers for years to come.

Code: GUIMUS
Digitalization cost: 90,86 €

Mission acomplished. Thank you!

Boletín oficial de la Gran Logia Simbólica Regional Catalana, 1886-1887. 31 núm.

Arús, Rossend

A complete booklet compilation of the first Catalan Freemason obedience as managed by Rossend Arús.

Code: BOLMAS
Digitalization cost: 90,20 €

Mission acomplished. Thank you!

Diccionario enciclopédico de la masonería: con un suplemento…

Frau Abrines, Llorenç

The first Freemasonry dictionary printed in Spain, containing the first known Arús biography.

Code: DICMAS
Digitalization cost: 478,94 €

Mission acomplished. Thank you!

La mestressa industriosa, 1883-1884. 2 v.

Gatell, Joan

One of the most influential Catalan cookbooks from the second half of the 19th Century.

Code: MESCUI
Digitalization cost: 70,18 €

Mission acomplished. Thank you!

Estudios filosófico-sociales. 1882

Llunas, Josep

Original 1882 first edition of a vastly influential philosophic and social study. Which warranted a second printing only a year later. It features assays about anarchy, family and politics.

Code: ESTANA
Digitalization cost: 50,38 €

Mission acomplished. Thank you!

Qüestions socials. 1891

Llunas, Josep

According to historian Manuel Vicente, Lunas was “the most influential and outstanding leader in the Catalan working class struggle between 1881 and 1896”.

Code: QUEANA
Digitalization cost: 30,14 €

Mission acomplished. Thank you!

BECOME
A MEMBER

Would you like to become a member of the library? The Arús Library Reader Card will allow you to fully enjoy all the library’s services, get discounts in our products and an automatic subscription to our newsletter.

The Card membership expires in three years. The same conditions apply for renovation.

01
Come to the Arús Library
02
Show an official ID card
03
Bring two passport size pictures
04
Fill in the inscription form
05
Pay the membership fee (20€)
06
Enjoy the library!