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Abstract

Public institutions are fostering culture as sustainable and equitable development driving force, by locating cultural facilities in different points of the city and the territory. These centres are connected by networks, located in spaces that were used in a different way before, and they extend their activities beyond their walls. To better understand and confirm the increasing complexity in the relationship between the museum and the city, different case-studies in the province of Barcelona are analysed. Concretely, the museum networks of MUHBA and mNACTEC are studied, including 4 centres, all of them public and located in former factories. We introduce the concept of Cultural Factory, industrial heritage transformed into museums that play a strategic role connecting different scales and fragments of the city, thanks to its representativeness, configuration and location. Therefore, the objective of this study is to explain Decentralization of this centres and its relations as a key that allow cultural networks to build more cohesive neighbourhoods, more sensitive with their past, and ready for their future.