The basement of Gaudí's appartment building La Pedrera (nickname for the also known as Casa Milà) is usually closed to the public except for a few private events and just from time to time, special exhibits.
Now is one of the unique ocasions to visit this area that otherwise you'd see only in plaster models in their Espai Gaudí at the attic of the building: the Atapuerca prehistorical discoverings (considered World Heritage by UNESCO) will be on show there until June 28th.
I reccomend you check it out even if you aren't that interested in archeological remains. Gaudí showed off in this space his engineering proficiency by playing with the weights of the building and distributing them radially to create a room with no columns in the middle.
And the Atapuerca fossiles are also really worth! The most ancient human remains in Europe where found there, as well as the best preserved fossile face in the world ("Skull 5") and the most complete pelvis bone (funnily nicknamed... Elvis!). A fascinating trip to the life back to 500,000 years ago!
Plus the entrance is free!
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