El Prado Museum

Reina Sofia National Museum and Art Centre

Santa Isabel, 52
Tel: 91 - 467 50 62 / 468 30 02
Buses: 6, 10, 14, 18,19, 26, 27, 32, 34, 36, 37, 41, 45, 46, 55, 57, 59, 68, 86, 119, Circular.
Metro Line 1.
RENFE suburban trains: Atocha Station.
Open: from 10.00 am to 9.00 pm, Sundays from 10.00 am to 2.30 pm, Tuesdays closed.

The museum holds the most important contemporary art collection in Spain. A great selection of its works goes back to the 19th century and up to the present time.

The Permanent Collection consists of a sequential journey through the Spanish artists and the different artistic movements in the 20th century. It also has rooms dedicated to temporary exhibits with a very creative and varied offer. The mythical work "Guernica" by Picasso occupies a whole room along with its first outlines and other great paintings by this genius. One of the most spectacular aspects of the building is the outside lifts, which offer a very beautiful general view of the quarter.

http://museoreinasofia.mcu.es

Thyssen Bornemisza Museum

Palacio Real , 8.
Tel. 91 369 01 51
Transport: Metro Banco de España:
Open: from 10.00 am to 7.00 pm, Mondays closed.

The Thyssen-Bornemisza museum gathers the works by the first Flemish painters up to the contemporary vanguards

http://www.museothyssen.org/

Royal Palace Museum

c/ Bailén, s/n
Tel: 91 542 00 59
Transport: Metro Ópera

It is an old Royal residence in which the visitor can find an important collection of sculptures and paintings, works by Velázquez, Juan de Flandes, el Greco, Rubens, Caravaggio, Goya, and other collections of medals, musical instruments, china pieces and the Royal Arms.

http://www.patrimonionacional.es/

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