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Best Museums in Madrid
Madrid is home to 5 world-class museums. From ancient collections to contemporary art, here is your complete guide with opening hours, prices, and directions.
Museo del Prado
The main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid.
- Admission
- €15 standard admission
- Founded
- 1819
Free Entry
Museo Reina Sofía
Spain's national museum of 20th-century art, home to Picasso's Guernica and a definitive collection of Spanish modern masters.
- Admission
- €12 standard admission; free during late afternoons
- Founded
- 1992
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
The third corner of Madrid's Golden Triangle, with eight centuries of Western painting in one journey.
- Admission
- €14 standard admission
- Founded
- 1992
Museo Sorolla
The home and studio of Joaquín Sorolla, preserved as Madrid's most atmospheric small museum.
- Admission
- €3 standard admission
- Founded
- 1932
Museo Lázaro Galdiano
Financier and bibliophile José Lázaro Galdiano's encyclopaedic collection of European art and decorative arts.
- Admission
- €7 standard admission
- Founded
- 1951