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Best museums in Madrid

10 places from 13 Madrid travel vlogs, most-mentioned first. The play button jumps to that moment in the video.

10 places

  1. Museo del Prado

    Museum · Paseo del Prado

    World-renowned art museum in Madrid's 'Golden Triangle', strong in 13th- to 16th-century works from around the world.

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  2. Museo Reina Sofía

    Museum · Atocha

    Spain's national museum of modern and contemporary art, home to Picasso's Guernica plus works by Dalí and Miró.

  3. Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

    Museum · Paseo del Prado

    Major art museum near the Prado with works by Monet, Gauguin and Rubens.

  4. Palacio de Velázquez

    Museum · Retiro

    Exhibition hall in Retiro Park run as an annex of the Reina Sofía Museum.

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6 more picks, each from a single vlog, so not ranked.

  1. Casa Museo Lope de Vega

    Museum · Barrio de las Letras

    Casa Museo Lope de Vega is a hidden house museum of Golden Age playwright Lope de Vega.

  2. Museo Sorolla

    Museum · Chamberí

    Art museum showing Valencian painter Joaquín Sorolla's beautiful works in his majestic former home.

  3. Museo del Romanticismo

    Museum · Justicia

    Lesser-known museum with an interesting collection of 19th-century paintings, furniture and decorative arts.

  4. National Archaeological Museum

    Museum · Salamanca

    A museum of Spanish archaeology and ancient history, with mosaics, statues and ancient pottery.

  5. CaixaForum Madrid

    Museum · Paseo del Prado

    A contemporary art centre on the Paseo del Prado, with a striking staircase and quirky toilets.

  6. Museo de América

    Museum · Moncloa

    A museum dedicated to the Americas, right next to the Faro de Moncloa.