Museums in Madrid

Museo Nacional del Prado

Art museum with Velazquez, Goya and El Greco masterpieces in vast 12th- to 19th-century collection.

Museo del Romanticismo

18th-century mansion with displays of romantic-period paintings & furniture, plus a garden cafe.

National Museum of Archaeology

Neoclassical building housing ancient & more modern artifacts including cave art & Islamic pottery.

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

Sprawling museum for Spanish 20th-century art collection with works by Gris, Dali, Picasso & Miro.

Museum of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Historic aircraft including the Dragon Rapide which brought Franco to Spain to launch his coup.

Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum

Museum housing collection of 13th-20th-century European masterpieces, from Renaissance to Pop Art.

Museo de la Felicidad · MÜF

Lope de Vega Casa Museo

Restored 17th-century house museum of the playwright Lope de Vega, with period furniture & artworks.

Liria Palace

Ornate 18th-century palace with furnishings, tapestries & a notable collection of classic art.

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

Huge collections with fossils, whale skeleton & dinosaur replica, housed in a 19th-century building.

Galería de las Colecciones Reales

Casita-Museo de Ratón Pérez

Small, child-friendly museum with drawings, figures & recreated home of cartoon mouse & family.

Estación Museo de Chamberí

Madrid Metro ghost station, opened in 1919 & unused since 1966, now a museum with original decor.

Naval Museum

Displays on nautical science & the Spanish navy from the reign of Isabella & Ferdinand onward.

Museo de America

National museum of pre-Columbian, Spanish-American & Native American art & artifacts.

Cerralbo Museum

Collections of Old Master paintings, fine furniture & antiques in an 1800s mansion with gardens.

Velázquez Palace

Built 1881–1883, this restored neoclassical building houses rotating exhibits of contemporary art.

National Museum of Anthropology

Long-founded ethnographic & anthropological museum depicting global cultures with themed exhibits.

Museum of Illusions Madrid

Popular, family-oriented visitor attraction with mind & eye-tricking exhibits & installations.

Madrid History Museum

Old orphanage with Baroque exterior, now a museum on Madrid's history, with documents, art & models.