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Museums & Galleries
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- Casa-Museo de Lope de Vega
Casa Museo de Lope de Vega earlier was a house of Spain’s
greatest dramatist of Golden Age. Lope de Vega lived in this building
until his death in 1635. So his house today is a museum providing
an overview of the 17th century’s everyday life.
- Museo Sorolla
The Casa Museo Sorolla was the residence and workshop of a Valencian
painter Joaquin Sorolla from the beginning of the 20th century
and today displays his outstanding works. He worked in vary directions:
from Spanish folk types to the landscapes.
 Museo
Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia is the official
name of the national Spanish museum of the 20th century art. In
the past the building of the museum was a Madrid general hospital
and only in 1992 it became the Spanish Museum of modern art.
- Museo Arqueologico Nacional
The Museo Arqueologico Nacional gives to its visitors unique possibility
to understand and feel all sense and depth of the ancient Mediterranean
cultures. The original collections of the museum included art,
archeological, historical, ethnographic and numismatic items.
- Museo Cerralbo
The mansion-museum Museo Cerralbo displays the way of life of
Madrid’s aristocracy in the late 19th and early 20th century.
The building has a classic facade, cosy garden and an astonishing
pond.
- Museo de America
Museo de America (Museum of the Americas) houses the outstanding
magnificent collection of pre-Columbian, Spanish- American and
Native American art and artifacts from the Paleolithic period
to the present day.
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Museo del Prado
Museo del Prado presents the collection of European art from 12th
century to the early 19th century. It is the most important world
repository of the collections of paintings and sculpture.
- Museo Nacional de Artes
Decorativas
The Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas, which exhibition area
consists of 5 floors and 70 rooms, is known as a dedicative to
the decorative arts. The Museum houses the collection of 60 000
items.
- Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
The art heritage of the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza includes the
masterpieces from the medieval altar paintings to Pop art. The
most interest presents the original collection of the Baron Hans-Heinrich
Thyssen-Bornemosza.
- Real Academia de Bellas Artes de
San Fernando
The Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando was established
in 1744 by royal decree. Today it is a museum and gallery, housing
an excellent art collection of paintings from the 15th to the
20th century.
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