Seriously, we’ve fallen for the hype at the Game of Thrones Exhibition.
If you haven’t seen the Game of Thrones Exhibition at Museu MarÃtim de Barcelona ( Maritime Museum in Barcelona) yet, ​​stop what you are doing and buy the ticket right now. It’s everything a fan needs to satisfy his thirst until season 8. Results can prove it. Since its inauguration at the end of October, it has received more than 85,000 attendees, becoming one of the most visited exhibitions in Spain. Due to this success, the organizers have extended the showing until March 11st. If you’re still thinking about it, we tell you what you can find on this trip through the Seven Kingdoms. WITH SPOILERS.
Barcelona was chosen as the first destination of the Game of Thrones Exhibition because of the link between Catalonia and the last seasons of the series. The streets of Girona, for instance, were used to recreate Braavos and the Castle of Santa Florentina -at Canet de Mar- for the fortress of the Tarly House. Museu MarÃtim de Barcelona, at the end of La Rambla street, evidences that this city is devoted to the sea, which plays an important role in the series.
Surrounded by ancient ships, galleys and frigates, first reaction you have while waiting at the exhibition entrance is humming the intro. This and series’ most famous quotes are the soundtrack of the queue. As soon as you validate your ticket, it is possible having a photo with Drogon (Khaleesi’s lovest son) The result can be at the end of the visit. After that, you are shown an epic summary of what has happened along the seven seasons. You better be updated with the HBO production because it is full of spoilers.
When you are still digesting the last scene of the seventh season, you are thrown to the Winterfell forest, a great beginning for the loyals of House Stark. It is important to remark that one of the most shocking aspects of the Game of Thrones Exhibition are the outfits. Not only because they are the ones that were really used in the shootings, but also because their design explain why you have to wait so long between one season and another. The production based on the works of George R. R Martin is very elaborated and these costumes are the proof. Each layer, dress and armor is carefully designed. The most surprising are Margaery Tyrell’s wedding dress, Cersei’s mourning clothes or the ragged armor of The Hound.
The Game of Thrones Exhibition also puts at fans’ disposal the swords of Robert Baratheon or Arya Stark, as well as the Hand of the King, the necklace worn by Sansa Stark in the Purple Wedding, the Dragon Eggs or a map of the Seven Kingdoms locating each house. As for the activities, one of the most disturbing is to put your face in the room of the Faceless Men.
At the end of the tour, which lasts an hour approximately, Â you can take a picture sitting on the Iron Throne (if you’re willing to wait for the queue, of course). So motivated you end up that if Jon Snow showed suggested you to join his suicide squad, you would enroll.
Tickets cost € 15,50 from Tuesday to Thursday (€ 10 for children from 3 to 14 years old) and Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, € 18.50 (€ 12 for children).