List of museums in Madrid
This list of museums includes museums in the municipality of Madrid, the capital of Spain.
Art museums
[edit]- Museo del Prado
- Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
- Atocha Headquarters (Sabatini and Nouvel buildings)
- Palacio de Velázquez (Retiro Park)
- Palacio de Cristal (Retiro Park)
- Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando Museum
- Royal Palace
- Liria Palace
- Espacio SOLO Museum
- Sorolla Museum
- Lázaro Galdiano Museum
- Cerralbo Museum
- Museum of Romanticism
- Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
- Museo Arte Público
- Museo ABC
- I.C.O. Museum
- Convent of Las Descalzas Reales
- Royal Monastery of La Encarnación
- Royal Chapel of St. Anthony of La Florida
- Royal Collections Gallery
- Bank of Spain [Only guided tours available, for schools, universities or cultural organisations] [1]
- Piarist Fathers Calasanctian Museum
- House-Museum of Manuel Benedito
- Fuente del Rey House Museum
- Félix Cañada Museum
History museums
[edit]- National Archaeological Museum of Spain
- Museum of the Americas
- Museo de San Isidro (History of Madrid from prehistory to the transferring of the royal court to the Village in 1561)
- Madrid History Museum (History of Madrid from 1561 to present day)
- Temple of Debod
- House-Museum of Lope de Vega
- Pantheon of Illustrious Men
- Platform 0
- Chamberí Station
- Pacífico Power Plant
- Caños del Peral Museum-Ópera Station
- Paleontological site-Carpetana Station
- Old lobby-Pacífico Station
- Bullfighting Museum
- Museum of the History of the Jewish Community of Madrid
- Alameda Castle
Arts and cultural centers
[edit]- CaixaForum Madrid
- Círculo de Bellas Artes
- Fundación Mapfre (Mapfre Foundation)
- Bárbara de Braganza Hall
- Recoletos Hall
- Fundación Juan March (Juan March Foundation)
- La Casa Encendida
- Matadero Madrid Cultural Center
- Abierto X Obras
- Casa del Lector
- Central de Diseño
- Extensión AVAM
- Naves Matadero-International Living Arts Centre
- Centro Cultural Conde Duque Cultural Center
- Centro Centro Cultural Center
- Centro de Arte Canal (Canal Art Center)
- Fundación Canal (Canal Foundation)
- Art Rooms of the Autonomous Community of Madrid
- El Águila Room (Regional Library of Madrid and Regional Archives of Madrid )
- Marqués de Valdecilla Historical Library-Complutense University
- Espacio Fundación Telefónica
- Fernán Gómez (Centro Cultural de la Villa)
- Cervantes Institute
- Caryatid Building (Madrid)
- Colegio del Rey (Alcalá de Henares)
- Casa de América
- Casa Árabe
- Centro Sefarad-Israel
- Casa de México
- Mexican Cultural Institute (Embassy of Mexico)
- Korean Cultural Center
- Carlos de Amberes Foundation
- Athenæum of Madrid
- Residencia de Estudiantes [not open for general viewing]
- Centro Arte Complutense (c arte c)
- María Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation
- Gaviria Palace
- Casa de las Alhajas
- Francisco Giner de los Ríos Foundation
- LASEDE (Official Professional Association of Architects of Madrid)
- La Neomudéjar Avant-garde Arts Center, Museum and International Artistic Residence -self-managed- (C.A.V., Museo y Residencia Artística Internacional "La Neomudéjar" -autogestionado-)
- La Neomudéjar (Atocha)
- Zapadores City of Art (Fuencarral)
- PHotoEspaña Gallery
- Fundación BBVA
- ICO Museum
- Sala Alcalá 31
Anthropology museums
[edit]- Museo Nacional de Antropología
- Museo Africano Mundo Negro
- El Caserón Ethnographic Museum (San Sebastián de los Reyes)
Science museums
[edit]- Royal Observatory of Madrid
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
- Museo Geominero
- National Museum of Science and Technology
- Alcobendas center (collection and exhibitions)
- Madrid center (library, archive and warehouse)
- Royal Botanical Garden
- Madrid Planetarium
- Technological collection of Telefónica
- National Royal Academy of Pharmacy Museum
- Infanta Margarita Medicine Museum
Miscellaneous
[edit]- Museo Naval de Madrid
- Museo del Traje
- Railway Museum
- EMT Museum
- Fire Museum
- National Library of Spain Museum
- La Almudena Cathedral Museum
- Royal Tapestry Factory
- Museo Casa de la Moneda (Madrid) (House of Coins Museum)
- Imprenta Municipal-Artes del Libro
- Royal Conservatory Museum
- Museo del Aire
- Infante de Orleans Foundation (Historical Airplanes in Flight Museum)
- Guardia Civil Museum
- MUMA Museum of Tanks
- Eduardo Torroja Museum
- Insurance Museum (‘Museo del Seguro’)
- Wax Museum of Madrid
- Tiflológico Museum
- El Capricho Park
- Real Madrid Museum (Santiago Bernabéu Stadium)
- Atlético Madrid Museum (Metropolitano Stadium)
- Legends: The Home of Football
- Casa Museo Ratón Pérez
- Museum of Illusions
University museums
[edit]- Alfonso XIII Royal Botanical Garden (UCM)
- Javier Puerta Museum of Anatomy (UCM)
- Museum of Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrate Animals (UCM)
- Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology (UCM)
- Museum of Astronomy and Geodesy (UCM)
- Museum of Entomology (UCM)
- Hispanic Pharmacy Museum (UCM)
- Museum of Geology (UCM)
- Museum of Dentistry "Luis de Macorra" (UCM)
- Complutense Optical Museum (UCM)
- Pedagogical Textile Museum (UCM)
- Complutense Veterinarian Museum (UCM)
- Museum of Medical and Forensic Anthropology, Paleopathology and Criminalistics (UCM)
- Laboratory Museum of History of Education (UCM)
- Computer Museum García Santesmases (UCM)
- Pedagogical Museum of Children Art (UCM)
- Olavide Museum (UCM)
- Joaquín Serna Museum (UPM)
- Torres Quevedo Museum (UPM)
- Museum of Agronomy (UPM)
- Museum of Applied Geology (UPM)
- Museum of topographical instruments (UPM)
- Museum of telecommunications (UPM)
- INEF (National Institute for Physical Education) Museum (UPM)
- "Felipe de Borbón y Grecia" Museum of Mining History (UPM)
- Technological Museum (UPM)
- Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions (UAM)
- Museum Mineralogy Museum] (UAM)
- Museum of the School of Engineering (UAM)
Defunct museums
[edit]- Carriage Museum
- Espacio Tabacalera [Temporarily Closed][2]
- Tabacalera Espacio Promoción del Arte, managed by the Fine Arts Promotion Sub-Department of the Spanish Education, Culture and Sport Ministry
- Self-managed Social Center La Tabacalera de Lavapiés (Centro Social Autogestionado La Tabacalera de Lavapiés)
- Museum of Health and Public Hygiene at the Charmartin campus of the Carlos III Health Institute [Temporarily Closed] [3]
- Postal and Telegraph Museum [Temporarily closed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Guided tours". www.bde.es. Banco de España. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "Cierre temporal de nuestras instalaciones". www.promociondelarte.com. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "Visitas y acceso". Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Retrieved 7 May 2024.