About us
Taller de Restauración EL BARCO, SL.
EL BARCO was founded in 1989 with the purpose of providing a specialized service in the area of restoration and conservation of artistic and cultural heritage.
Our main asset is the group of specialized professionals that form our company: restoration experts, project managers, masters of artistic crafts,...who have led EL BARCO become a reference in the areas of restoration and applied arts.
Over 300 projects performed proof our experience in the different areas of restoration and fine decoration.
Our cultural engagement moved us to create the Artistic Crafts & Heritage Preservation Training Centre (2009), committing ourselves to transmit our knowledge in a “learning-by-doing” teaching model, on site.
We strive to internationalize our activity in countries that need our expertise and cooperative support. Therefore we have started our way of international expansion valuing what we have and what we can do.
It constitutes our identity and quality sign for every product and service our company offers.
Our premises
Our workshops are located at calle Malaquita 12, Collado Villalba (Madrid). They are provided 2with a totally equipped and adapted space of ca. 800 m2 where all kind of restoration, reproduction and training duties take place. The different areas of our professional activity find their right place to carry out all kind of actions successfully.
Our offices at Plaza de Callao in Madrid are strategically located for our customers. This is the place where the projects are developed and the different activities of the company are coordinated.
We have our own fleet of vehicles, including vans with different loading capacities, perfectly equipped for the transportation of works of art. We are also provided with homologated scaffoldings to serve the needs of our customers concerning vertical works. The machinery and additional tools and equipment for restoration and artistic crafts complete the assets our company has acquired following our experience over the years.
Restoration experts and master craftsmen build up our multidisciplinary team.
Over 300 professionals and 180 trainees have worked in our company, creating a small family we are really proud of.