Best Museums in Spain
Spain is home to 12 world-class museums across 6 cities, from ancient art and archaeology to modern and contemporary collections.
All Museums in Spain
Madrid
Museo del Prado
The main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid.
Founded 1819
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Madrid
Museo Reina Sofía
Spain's national museum of 20th-century art, home to Picasso's Guernica and a definitive collection of Spanish modern masters.
Founded 1992
Madrid
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
The third corner of Madrid's Golden Triangle, with eight centuries of Western painting in one journey.
Founded 1992
Madrid
Museo Sorolla
The home and studio of Joaquín Sorolla, preserved as Madrid's most atmospheric small museum.
Founded 1932
Madrid
Museo Lázaro Galdiano
Financier and bibliophile José Lázaro Galdiano's encyclopaedic collection of European art and decorative arts.
Founded 1951
Bilbao
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
A museum of modern and contemporary art designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry.
Founded 1997
Barcelona
Museu Picasso de Barcelona
Five medieval palaces in Barcelona's Born district holding the world's most extensive collection of Picasso's early work.
Founded 1963
Barcelona
Fundació Joan Miró
A luminous Josep Lluís Sert building on Montjuïc devoted to the work of Joan Miró.
Founded 1975
Barcelona
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Catalonia's national art museum, in the spectacular Palau Nacional on Montjuïc.
Founded 1934
Figueres
Dalí Theatre-Museum
Salvador Dalí's largest surrealist object, designed by the artist on the ruins of his hometown's theatre.
Founded 1974
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Seville
Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla
Spain's second-greatest fine-art museum after the Prado, in a serene former Mercedarian convent.
Founded 1841
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Valencia
Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia
One of Spain's most important picture galleries, in a former seminary by the Turia gardens.
Founded 1839