El Born MHB is a polyvalent space of conservation and valuation of heritage and a space of transmission of knowledge regarding memorial expressions. It is a centre dependent on the Barcelona Culture Institute, assigned to the Memory, History and Heritage Directorate of the Barcelona City Council. It promotes exhibitions and cultural and educational activities related to heritage and memory, and welcomes artistic manifestations whose conceptual axis is reflection on memory and the effects of forgetting.  It fosters knowledge on plurality of memory and its representations.​