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The old hospital was converted into a museum in 1992, with two panoramic glass lifts standing out in the façade. In 2005 it added an extension designed by French architect Jean Nouvel.
It is residence to contemporary and modern art. Two of the floors are devoted to temporary exhibits, while the other two are for the permanent collection which also covers Abstract, Pop, and Minimal Art movements.
The highlight is the 20th century's most famous painting, Picasso's "Guernica". Besides "Guernica", another highlight is "Woman in Blue" also by Picasso. Miró and Dali are two other influential artists well represented in the collection, with Miró's enigmatic "Portrait II" being another standout in the museum for its Surrealist elements. Other works of art include José Solana's "The Gathering at the Café del Pombo", Francis Bacon's "Reclining Figure", and a serene sculpture by Henry Moore.
A library specializing in 20th century art and archives is also part of the museum, with over 10,000 volumes and approximately 1,000 periodicals.
The museum shop sells design goods, pottery, and writing materials, and is open during museum hours, while the adjoining restaurant is open late into the night and serves dinners.
Practical Information
Opening hours of the Reina Sofia Museum:
- Monday to Saturday: 10am to 9pm
- Sundays: 10am to 2.30pm
- Museum closed on Tuesdays, 1st & 6th January, 1st & 15th May, 9th September, 24th, 25th & 31st December.
Entrance fees:
- Free entry: Saturday, from 2.30pm to 9pm & Sundays from 10am to 2.30pm
- Free on 18th May, 12th October, 6th December
- Free entry also for children under 18, pensioners, teachers, etc. Please check all conditions at the ticket office
- General entrance fee: 6 euros.
Museum founded in 1867 by order of Queen Isabel II. Its creation originated from the need to have a museum which was similar to the rest of the european states. Its target was to conserve, classify and present to the general public all the arqueological material in posession of the Spanish crown and institutions.
Practical Information
C/ Serrano, 13
28001 Madrid
Tel: 91 577 79 12
Fax: 91 431 68 40
Open
Tuesday to Saturday 9:30 to 20:00 hours
Sunday and bank holidays 9:30 to 15:00 hours
Closed
Mondays
1st and 6th of January, 1st of May, 9th of September and 24th, 25th, 31st of December. (check web page for other dates).
The Museum of the Americas is a National museum that holds artistic, archaeological and ethnographic collections from the whole American Continent, ranging from the Paleolithic period to the present day.
The permanent exhibit is divided into five major thematical areas: An awareness of the Americas, The reality of the Americas, Society, Religion, and Communication.
The Natural Science Museum focuses mainly on the Iberian peninsula's flora and fauna. In the museum's various sections one will come across all kinds of exhibitions, from pre historical fossils to present-day skeletons. Also on display is the collection that once belonged to Charles III, who founded the "Curiosities Section".
The Museum's main objective is to promote knowledge through conferences, workshops. The Museum also focuses on studies concerning geology, volcanology and evolution.
The National Anthropology Museum targets the essence of humanity all over the world. There are innumerable materials and objects that have been collected from all the five continents. The National Anthropology Museum is also very famous for the physical anthropological pieces that are exhibited in the museum. There are items that range from accessories to different costumes. These have been collected from places all over Spain and these are often centuries old.
Buses: 6, 10, 14, 19, 24, 26, 27, 29, 32, 34, 37, 39, 41, 45, 57, 85, 150 and C.
Open from Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 7:30 pm and on Sundays from 10 am to 2 pm.
Please check their web page for full details.
Museum of the Royal Academy of Arts of San Fernando rabasf.insde.es/
Madrid's Fine Arts Museum & Gallery (Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando) was established by Fernando VI in 1752.
Picasso and Dali are former students of this arts academy, housed in the 18th century Goyeneche Palace.
The academy's gallery (or Fine Arts Museum) includes works by old masters such as Van Dyck and Rubens, and drawings by Raphael and Titian. Naturally, Spanish artists are well represented, with the highlight being magnificent works by El Greco, Velazquez, Murillo, Ribera, and Zurbaran (look for his outstanding Fray Pedro Machado).
Goya has an entire room devoted to him (he's one of the academy's former directors), and among several of his noteworthy works are his self-portrait painted in 1815, and the rather grim "Madhouse".
In total there are more than 1,500 paintings and almost 600 sculptures, ranging from the 15th century all the way to the present.
Madrid's Academy of Art has its headquarters here, and the same building also houses the National Chalcography Museum, containing original plates used by several painters such as Goya to engrave on copper or brass. If interested, you may buy limited edition prints.
Opening hours:
- Tuesday to Friday - 9am to 2pm & 4pm to 7pm (9pm in July & August)
- Saturday - 9am to 2:30pm & 4pm to 7pm (9pm in July & August)
- Sunday, Monday & Public Holidays - 9am to 2:30pm
Price:
- General entrance fee: 3 euros (discounts for students, under 18's and pensioners)
The Prado Museum is Madrid's top art museum and one visited by a large percentage of all travellers passing Madrid. Its halls display works by the European masters such as Velázquez, Goya, Raphael, Rubens, and Bosch (among other major Italian and Flemish artists).
The sheer scale of the collection can make it daunting, so it is important to arrive with a few of the highlights in mind and concentrate on those.
Some of the most famous paintings are:
- Velazquez's "Las Meninas"
- Goya´s "The Naked Maja"
- Bosch´s "The Garden of Delights"
- Rubens' "The Adoration of the Magi" and "The Three Graces"
- Rembrandt´s "Artemisia"
Practical Information
Opening hours of the Prado Museum:
- Tuesdays to Sundays and on Public Holidays: 9am to 8pm
- 24th December, 31st December & 6th January: 9am to 2pm
- no entrance is allowed from 30 minutes before closing time.
- visitors must leave all galleries 10 minutes before closing time.
- Museum closed on Mondays, 25th December, 1st January, Good Friday and 1st May.
Entrance fees:
- Free entry: Tuesday to Saturday, from 6pm to 8 pm & Sundays from 5pm to 8 pm
- Free on 12th October, 19th November, 6th December, May 2nd & May 18th
- Free entry also for children under 18, pensioners, teachers, etc. Please check all conditions at the ticket office
- General entrance fee: 6 euros, purchased at the ticket office, located in the left wing of the building as you face the front.
Metro: Atocha or Banco de España
Edificio Villanueva
Paseo del Prado, s/n
Tel. (+34) 913 302 900
A Museum to recall the history of Spain and the world, through figures created by our artists, since 1972.
A museum with considerable cultural and educational value
An amusing … and spine-chilling… museum
A museum to learn about the history of Spain in a more enjoyable way
One of the known museums of Madri but actually one of the city's best art museums, showcasing works by many of Europe's Old Masters.
Housed in the former home of writer and entrepreneur José Lázaro Galdiano, it is made up of his exceptional private collection of fine and applied art which he left to his nation upon his death in 1947.
Visitors are instantly impressed as soon as they step into the colossal central hall which rises through two floors. From there, a number of outstanding works of art are displayed throughout this aristocratic mansion, built in 1903 in Italian style.
The highlights include Goya portraits, a series of beautiful Limoges enamels, and a cross-shaped pocket-watch worn by Charles V. Also of note is "The Saviour", a portrait attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, and a creepy Bosch canvas showing people devouring human flesh.
Other artists featured in the collection include the great Spanish painters Velazquez, El Greco, and Murillo among others, as well as English artists such as Turner and Reynolds, and the Italians Tiepolo and Guardi.
From the Flemish school to the 19th century, the examples here are magnificent. Bosch, Carreño de Miranda, El Greco, Murillo, Velázquez and Goya are some of the artists on display, organized by period and distributed among the former mansion's various exhibition rooms.
You may also visit the library that contains over 20,000 books, and if you're interested in the former owner's life or the building itself, note the descriptions and photographs in every room, showing what each space was used for when Galdiano lived there.
Previously called the Municipal Museum, it looks after important art collections which reflect the historical and urbanistical development of Madrid (art, daily life, etc).
It is currently undergoing some refurbishment. Please check webpage for updates on opening times.
Before becoming a museum, this entity was the learning centre for craftsmen and artists, imitating the same format of other museums of european states.
Defined by many as the world's most important private art collection. Assembled by Baron Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza and his son Hans Heinrich, it illustrates the history of Western art from the primitive Flemish and Italian painters, to 20th century Pop Art.
The Spanish state bought it in 1993, and today this museum is a strong complement to the Prado and Reina Sofia museums just across the road.
Particularly outstanding are:
- Van Dyck´s "Diptych of the Annunciation"
- Petrus Christus' "Our Lady of the Dry Tree"
- Holbein's portrait of Henry VIII
- Rubens' "The Washing of Venus"
- Rembrandt's Self-Portrait
- Degas' "Swaying Dancer"
- Van Gogh paintings
- Cézanne's "Portrait of a Farmer"
- Picasso's "Man with a Clarinet" and "Harlequin with a Mirror"
- Edward Hopper's "Hotel Room"
After a visit, head to the café-restaurant for its magnificent views of the garden.
Practical Information
Opening hours
- Tuesdays to Sundays and on Public Holidays: 10am to 7pm
- 24th December & 31st December: 10am to 3pm
- Museum closed on Mondays, 25th December, 1st January and 1st May.
Entrance fees:
- Free entry for children under 12.
- Reduced prices are available for senior citizens and students. Please check all conditions at the ticket office
- General entrance fee: 6 euros, purchased at the ticket office from 10am to 6:30pm
Metro: Banco de España
Paseo del Prado, 8
Tel: (+34) 914 203 944
Part of the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain, with the objective of conserving, investigating and exhibiting the geological, paleonthological and mineral possessions of the Spanish State.
Museum dedicated to Joaquin Sorolla, an Impressionist from the city of Valencia. This is where he had his former studio-mansion in Madrid which has been converted into a museum reproducing perfectly a typical early 20th century house.
The building, built in the years of 1910 and 1911, has been left as it was when the artist died in 1923, and his paintings are displayed inside. The canvas he was painting just before he died remains in place, with brushes next to the unfinished work.
Sorolla painted in several styles, although he is best known for his beautifully lit Mediterranean beach scenes. Most of his works show calm and serene scenes, mostly of the sea, children, and women.
All of his styles are represented in the museum, including some noteworthy portraiture.
He was also an art collector, and the objects he amassed in his lifetime (such as ceramics and tiles) are also on display.
The artist also designed the mansion’s Andalusian-style garden which can also be visited.
Practica Information
Address: General Martínez Campos, 37, 28010 Madrid
Tel: (+34) 91 3101584
Opening hours:
- Tuesday to saturday: 9:30am to 8pm
- Sundays and public holidays: 10am to 3pm
- closed Monday, 1st January, 1st May, 24th, 25th & 31st December and 2 local holidays to be determined.
Entrance Fee:
- General entrance fee: 3 euros (discounts for students, under 18's and pensioners)
Metro: Iglesia (line 1), Rubén Darío (line 5) or Gregorio Marañón (lines 7 and 10)
The Museum of Contemporary Art is based in the historical Cuartel de Conde Duque. It is the location of the art collection of the Madrid City Coucil and also holds diverse exhibitions and presentations.
