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For three days, the museum area at SAGA Barcelona Game Fest filled with people eager to discover historic consoles, hear their stories and share the memories they hold. From 9 to 11 October 2026, at Fira Barcelona Montjuïc, MUVIC experienced a gathering that brought home the value of preserving and explaining video game heritage.

After preparing the exhibition came the moment we had looked forward to most: seeing visitors gather around the display cases, answering questions and talking with people of different generations. Some recognised a machine from their childhood; others were seeing it for the first time. Each perspective became part of the experience.

The objects and the stories behind them

The consoles, computers and other exhibits opened a journey through video game culture and technology. Guided tours took visitors beyond the display case, placing each system in context, answering questions and connecting the objects with the experiences of the people who had used them.

Playing, asking and discovering as a family

The playable stations invited visitors to return to familiar classics or try them for the first time. There was also room for curiosity through MUVICQuiz, and for families to spend time together at a drawing and colouring table. These offered different ways to explore a shared history, at each visitor’s own pace.

A museum built with its community

We take away the conversations around the exhibits, the photographs, the shared memories and the warm messages received during and after the festival. Seeing so many people interested in this cultural heritage encourages us to keep working to preserve, study and share video game history.

Thank you to everyone who visited MUVIC, and to the guests, collaborators, collectors and friends who helped make this experience possible. Special thanks to @triple_indie, @albertgarlo, @marcfuns, @tentaculop, @carycardenas, @clarkofduty, @evilryu.moreno, as well as RetroBarcelona and the organisers of SAGA Barcelona Game Fest.

From the whole MUVIC team, thank you for making it possible. Video game history stays alive when we discover and share it together.

On Saturday, 3 October 2026, MUVIC – Museu del Videojoc de Catalunya took part in RU JAPAN 2026, a day devoted to retrocomputing, video games and Japanese digital culture. The event was held at the UOC’s Can Jaumandreu campus, Carrer del Perú 52, Barcelona.

The event was devoted to exploring the legacy of Japanese computers and consoles from the 1980s and 1990s, including systems that reached Europe as well as machines that were rarely seen outside Japan. The programme featured exhibitions and talks on programming, hardware, software, localisation, graphic art and video game history.

The programme announced a guest appearance by Toshinari Oka, a programmer associated with Konami’s golden MSX era and titles such as Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, Gradius 2, The Maze of Galious and King’s Valley II.

MUVIC contributed a selection of Japanese computers, consoles and software from our collection. Taking part gave us an opportunity to explain the historical, technological and cultural value of these machines.

Our heartfelt thanks go to the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and the AAMSX – Association of Friends of the MSX for inviting us and making this collaboration possible.

On 7 May 2026, MUVIC visited Escola Pública Benviure in Sant Boi de Llobregat to share an exhibition and talk on Nintendo’s history and the evolution of video games with pupils in their sixth year of primary school.

The session introduced the children to different systems, formats and key periods in video game history, explaining how the medium has evolved from its beginnings into an essential part of contemporary popular culture.

It was a very special experience to contribute to their educational project on video games, culture and society, and to see the pupils’ interest, questions and curiosity throughout the activity.

At MUVIC, we continue bringing video game history to primary and secondary schools and cultural organisations across Catalonia, through educational activities combining heritage, technology, memory and learning.

Our thanks to the school’s entire teaching team for their trust and warm welcome.

On Saturday 27 June 2026, MUVIC – Museu del Videojoc de Catalunya took part in the first European Arcade Heritage Day, an initiative bringing together museums, collections and video game preservation spaces across Europe with a shared aim: to preserve, study and share our video game heritage.

For MUVIC, joining this first edition is an important step towards building a European collaborative network dedicated to keeping video game history alive. The project connects institutions, collectors and communities working to ensure that machines, games, documents and memories remain accessible to future generations.

Video games are also culture, history and memory. Preserving them means safeguarding an essential part of our technological and social past, as well as a way to understand the present and imagine the medium’s future.

MUVIC congratulates all the museums, collectors and enthusiasts who made this first European Arcade Heritage Day possible and who share this mission of preservation.

On 16 and 17 May 2026, MUVIC organised the Museum Area at RetroBarcelona in La Farga de l’Hospitalet, with one of our largest and most ambitious exhibitions to date. It brought together unique consoles, historic objects, themed display cases, explanatory panels and special tributes.

The aim was to trace the evolution of video games through original systems, placing each generation in the context of its technology, design, industry and popular culture. The museum area also offered special guided tours and welcomed educators, creators, collaborators and friends of the project.

MUVIC was pleased to welcome ARAPDIS, a social organisation in Gràcia working on rehabilitation, social inclusion and access to employment for people experiencing mental health difficulties. ARAPDIS provides services and programmes aimed at improving quality of life, social connections, independence and community participation.

During the visit we shared video game history, but above all experiences. The display cases, consoles and objects became starting points for memories, questions, conversations and discoveries.

At MUVIC, we believe culture, and video games in particular, can be a powerful way to stimulate the mind, build social connections and challenge stigma.

La Vanguardia has published a feature on the founding of the Museu del Videojoc de Catalunya, highlighting the project, its educational purpose and its exhibition on Nintendo’s history. Coverage in a general-interest newspaper helps explain MUVIC beyond the retro gaming community: a cultural project that preserves original systems, documents period materials and explores video games from historical, technological and social perspectives.

This visibility reinforces a central idea at MUVIC: video games are part of contemporary cultural heritage and deserve to be preserved, studied and explained with rigour.

MUVIC welcomed El Gat de Vader, an association that actively supports video game culture and the retro gaming community through activities, tournaments and cultural initiatives. The meeting became an exchange of ideas, experiences and perspectives on the role of video games in contemporary culture.

As a result of this connection, MUVIC has become a sponsor of the European Pixel League, an El Gat de Vader initiative that connects retro gaming associations and communities through competitions and events centred on classic games. This collaboration has opened the door to new European preservation and educational projects.

MUVIC does not have a museum of its own. SuperBoniato Store hosts an ongoing exhibition area for the project inside its shop at Carrer Pérez Galdós, 45, Barcelona. This partner space allows us to display a changing, themed selection from the collection on an ongoing basis.

It is a small area within the shop, rather than an independent museum or a display of the complete collection. Exhibitions change approximately every two or three months and include contextual material. Admission is free during SuperBoniato Store’s opening hours.