This list of museums includes

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

s in the municipality of

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, the capital of Spain. Museo del Prado 2016 (25185969599)

Art museums

Museo del Prado The Prado Museum ( ; ), officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It is widely considered to house one of the world's finest collections of European art, dating from the ...

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum The Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum (in Spanish, the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza (), named after its founder), or simply the Thyssen, is an art museum in Madrid, Spain, located near the Prado Museum on one of the city's main boulevards. I ...

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía The ''Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía'' ("Queen Sofía National Museum Art Centre"; MNCARS) is Spain's national museum of 20th-century art. The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1992, and is named for Queen Sofía. It ...

**Atocha Headquarters (

Sabatini Sabatini may refer to: People * Sabatini (surname) Places * Sabatini Gardens in Madrid, Spain * Sabatini, Italy, a volcanic region in Italy See also * Sabbatini, a family name of Italian origin * Sabadini {{disambiguation, geo ...

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Palacio de Velázquez Palacio de Velázquez, or Velázquez Palace (sometimes referred to as Palacio de Exposiciones) is an exhibition hall located in Buen Retiro Park, Madrid, Spain. Originally known as the Palacio de la Minería, it was built in 1881-3 for the Expos ...

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Retiro Park The Buen Retiro Park (Spanish: ''Parque del Buen Retiro'', literally "Good retirement park"), Retiro Park or simply El Retiro is one of the largest parks of the city of Madrid, Spain. The park belonged to the Spanish Monarchy until the late 19th ...

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Palacio de Cristal The Palacio de Cristal ("Glass Palace") is a conservatory located in the Buen Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain. The Palacio de Cristal, in the shape of a Greek cross, is made almost entirely of glass set in an iron framework on a brick base, which ...

(Retiro Park) * Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando Museum *

Royal Palace This is a list of royal palaces, sorted by continent. Africa * Abdin Palace, Cairo * Al-Gawhara Palace, Cairo * Koubbeh Palace, Cairo * Tahra Palace, Cairo * Menelik Palace * Jubilee Palace * Guenete Leul Palace * Imperial Palace- Massa ...

Liria Palace The Liria Palace (Spanish: ''Palacio de Liria'') is a neoclassical palace in Madrid, Spain. It is the Madrid residence of the Dukes of Alba. History Built around 1770 to a design by the architect Ventura Rodríguez, it was commissioned by Jam ...

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Sorolla Museum The Museum Sorolla (Spanish: ''Museo Sorolla'') is a public museum located in Madrid, Spain. It features work by the artist Joaquín Sorolla, as well as by members of his family such as his daughter Elena. The building was originally the artist' ...

Lázaro Galdiano Museum The Lázaro Galdiano Museum (Spanish: ''Museo Lázaro Galdiano'') is a museum located in Madrid, Spain. It houses the art collection of José Lázaro Galdiano. The museum was inaugurated on 27 January 1951. History The palatial building was co ...

* Cerralbo Museum * Museum of Romanticism *

Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas The Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas (National Museum of Decorative Arts; originally, "National Museum of Industrial Arts") is located at 12 Montalbán Street, in Madrid, Spain, to the south of the Puerta de Alcalá and the western side of the ...

* Museo de Arte Contemporáneo * *

Museo ABC Museo ABC is a museum in Madrid, Spain, dedicated to drawing and illustration An illustration is a decoration, interpretation or visual explanation of a text, concept or process, designed for integration in print and digital published media, ...

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Convent of Las Descalzas Reales The Convent of Las Descalzas Reales ( es, Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales) is a royal monastery situated in Madrid, Spain, administered by the Patrimonio Nacional. History The ''Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales'', literally the "Monaste ...

Royal Monastery of La Encarnación The Real Monasterio de la Encarnación (Royal Monastery of the Incarnation) is a convent of the order of Recollet Augustines located in Madrid, Spain. The institution mainly interned women from noble families, and was founded by the Queen Marga ...

Royal Chapel of St. Anthony of La Florida The Royal Chapel of St. Anthony of La Florida ( es, Real Ermita de San Antonio de la Florida) is a Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical chapel in central Madrid. The chapel is best known for its ceiling and dome frescoes by Francisco Goya. It is ...

Royal Collections Museum The Royal Collections Gallery, originally named Royal Collections Museum () is an art museum in Madrid yet to be opened. Dependent on Patrimonio Nacional, it is located in a new building in the gardens of the Campo del Moro park next to the Almude ...

Banco de España The Bank of Spain ( es, link=no, Banco de España) is the central bank of Spain. Established in Madrid in 1782 by Charles III of Spain, Charles III, today the bank is a member of the European System of Central Banks and is also Spain's national ...

*Piarist Fathers Calasanctian Museum *House-Museum of Manuel Benedito *Fuente del Rey House Museum *Félix Cañada Museum

History museums

National Archaeological Museum of Spain The National Archaeological Museum ( es, Museo Arqueológico Nacional; MAN) is a museum in Madrid, Spain. It is located on Calle de Serrano beside the Plaza de Colón, sharing its building with the National Library of Spain. History The museu ...

* Museum of the Americas *

Royal Armoury of Madrid The Royal Armoury of Madrid or Real Armería de Madrid, is a collection that, among many other things, contains the personal arms of the Kings of Spain, and also houses military weapons, armours and diplomatic works of art like mixed tapestries, p ...

* Madrid History Museum *

Temple of Debod The Temple of Debod ( es, Templo de Debod) is an ancient Egyptian temple that was dismantled as part of the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia and rebuilt in the center of Madrid, Spain, in Parque de la Montaña, Madrid, a squa ...

House-Museum of Lope de Vega The House-Museum of Lope de Vega (Spanish: ''Casa-Museo de Lope de Vega'') is a writer's house museum in the former home of the "golden age" writer Lope de Vega, located in Madrid, Spain. The sixteenth-century house was bought by the writer in 16 ...

Pantheon of Illustrious Men The Pantheon of Illustrious Men ( es, Panteón de Hombres Ilustres) is a royal site in Madrid, under the administration of the Patrimonio Nacional. It was designed by Spanish architect Fernando Arbós y Tremanti, and is located in Basilica of N ...

Platform 0 Platform 0 is a platform number at various railway stations around the world. It is usually a result of constructing a new platform next to the existing platform 1. To avoid having to renumber and replace signage for all other platforms, as well a ...

** 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 *

Arts and cultural centers

CaixaForum Madrid CaixaForum Madrid is a cultural center in Madrid, Spain. Located in Paseo del Prado in a former power station, it is owned by the not-for-profit banking foundation "la Caixa". The art center opened its doors in 2008 and it hosts temporary art ex ...

Círculo de Bellas Artes The Círculo de Bellas Artes is a private, non-profit, cultural organization that was founded in 1880. Its building, located in Madrid, Spain, was declared ''Bien de Interés Cultural'' in 1981. The CBA is a major multidisciplinary centre with one ...

Fundación Mapfre Fundación is a town and municipality of the Colombian Department of Magdalena. Its people are known as Fundanenses. The primary economic activity is livestock-raising, for production of both meat and milk. Other crops are: corn, yuca, ora ...

(Mapfre Foundation) **Bárbara de Braganza Hall **Recoletos Hall *

Fundación Juan March The Fundación Juan March is a foundation established in 1955 by Juan March, who was Spain's richest man. The foundation produces exhibitions as well as concert and lecture series. Its headquarters in Madrid houses a library devoted to contempora ...

(Juan March Foundation) * La Casa Encendida *

Matadero Madrid Matadero Madrid is the site of a former slaughterhouse, the El Matadero y Mercado Municipal de Ganados (English: Municipal Slaughterhouse and Cattle Market) in the Arganzuela district of Madrid. Today, it is a contemporary arts centre. History ...

Cultural Center **Abierto X Obras ** ** **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 ** ** **Youth Art Room * ( and ) * *Espacio Fundación

Telefónica Telefónica, S.A. () is a Spanish multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Madrid, Spain. It is one of the largest telephone operators and mobile network providers in the world. It provides fixed and mobile telephony, broadba ...

* *Cervantes Institute **

Caryatid Building ''Edificio de Las Cariátides'' ( en, Caryatid Building) is a building in the Spain, Spanish capital of Madrid built by Spanish architect, Antonio Palacios. The building was later the head office of the Central Bank and later of the Santander Bank ...

(Madrid) ** Colegio del Rey (Alcalá de Henares) * * * * *Mexican Cultural Institute ( Embassy of Mexico) * * Carlos de Amberes Foundation * Athenæum of Madrid *

Residencia de Estudiantes The Residencia de Estudiantes, literally the "Student Residence", is a centre of Spanish cultural life in Madrid. The Residence was founded to provide accommodation for students along the lines of classic colleges at Bologna, Salamanca, Cambridge ...

* *María Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation * * * * * ** 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) * 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) *Espacio SOLO *

PHotoEspaña PHotoEspaña, the International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts of Madrid, is a photography forum that began in 1998. The Festival’s program presents work by Spanish and international image-makers. It runs an awards programme with sever ...

Gallery

Anthropology museums

Museo Nacional de Antropología The National Museum of Anthropology ( es, Museo Nacional de Antropología, MNA) is a national museum of Mexico. It is the largest and most visited museum in Mexico. Located in the area between Paseo de la Reforma and Mahatma Gandhi Street within ...

* Museo Africano Mundo Negro * (

San Sebastián de los Reyes San Sebastián de los Reyes (colloquially called "Sanse") is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1492, it is located north of Madrid. Geography It forms an urban continuum with the neighboring Alcobendas, Transport ...

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Science museums

Royal Observatory of Madrid The Royal Observatory of Madrid is a historic observatory situated on a small hill next to the Buen Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain. It was completed in 1790 and took over some of the work previously done by the naval observatory on the south coast. ...

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales The National Museum of Natural Sciences ( es, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales) is the national museum of natural history of Spain. It is situated in the center of Madrid, by the Paseo de la Castellana. It is managed by the Spanish National Re ...

* Museo Geominero * National Museum of Science and Technology **

Alcobendas Alcobendas () is a municipality of Spain located in the Community of Madrid. It forms an urban continuum with the neighbouring municipality of San Sebastián de los Reyes. The affluent residential area of La Moraleja lies within the municipal lim ...

center (collection and exhibitions) **Madrid center (library, archive and warehouse) * Royal Botanical Garden *

Madrid Planetarium The Madrid Planetarium () is a facility in Madrid, Spain, which was inaugurated in 1986. The equipment was updated in 2016/2017. With its free exhibitions and interactive displays, the Planetarium promotes science among the younger generations. O ...

*Technological collection of

*Museum of Health and Public Hygiene at the Charmartin campus of the

Carlos III Health Institute The Carlos III Health Institute ( es, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, links=no; ISCIII) is a Spanish public health research institute, legally constituted as a public research agency (), a type of quasi-autonomous entity under Spanish law. The ISCII ...

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Miscellaneous

Museo Naval de Madrid The Naval Museum ( es, Museo Naval) is a national museum in Madrid, Spain. It shows the history of the Spanish Navy since the Catholic Monarchs, in the 15th century, up to the present. The displays set naval history in a wide context with informat ...

Museo del Traje The Museum of Garment - Ethnologic Heritage Research Center (Spanish: ''Museo del Traje - Centro de Investigación del Patrimonio Etnológico'') is a museum located in Madrid, Spain, with collections devoted to fashion and costumes. The museum ha ...

Railway Museum A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives ( steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic e ...

* EMT Museum *Fire Museum *

National Library of Spain National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

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Royal Tapestry Factory The Royal Tapestry Factory (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Real Fábrica de Tapices de Santa Bárbara'') is a manufacturing plant located in Madrid, Spain, which was founded in 1720. History The factory was founded by Philip V of Spain, Philip V ...

* (History of the city of Madrid from prehistory to the transferring of the royal court to the Village in 1561) *

Museo Casa de la Moneda (Madrid) The Museum of the Royal Mint (''Museo Casa de la Moneda'') is a permanent exhibition for the Spanish Royal Mint in Madrid, Spain, begun in 1867. Exhibits See also * List of museums in Madrid * Casa de Moneda de Jubia References Ext ...

(House of Coins Museum) * * Royal Conservatory Museum * Museo del Aire *Infante de Orleans Foundation (Historical Airplanes in Flight Museum) *

Guardia Civil The Civil Guard ( es, Guardia Civil, link=no; ) is the oldest law enforcement agency in Spain and is one of two national police forces. As a national gendarmerie force, it is military in nature and is responsible for civil policing under the a ...

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Eduardo Torroja Eduardo Torroja y Miret, 1st Marques of Torroja (27 August 1899 – 15 June 1961) was a Spanish structural engineer and a pioneer in the design of concrete shell structures. Education Torroja was born in Madrid where he studied civil engineering ...

Museum *Postal and Telegraph Museum *

EFE Agencia EFE, S.A. () is a Spanish international news agency, the major multimedia news agency in Spanish language and the world's fourth largest wire service after the Associated Press, Reuters, and Agence France-Presse. EFE was created in 1939 ...

Museum *Insurance Museum *Julio Castelo Matrán Naval Models Museum *

Wax Museum of Madrid The Madrid Wax Museum (Spanish: Museo de cera de Madrid) is a wax museum located in Plaza de Colón in Madrid, Spain. History The museum opened on 14 February 1972. Contents The museum has over 450 wax figures, mostly in scenes. It contains Spa ...

* Tiflológico Museum * El Capricho Park *

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...

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Santiago Bernabéu Stadium The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium ( es, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, ) is a football stadium in Madrid, Spain. With a current seating capacity of 81,044, it has been the home stadium of Real Madrid since its completion in 1947. It is the second-larg ...

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Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...

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Metropolitano Stadium Metropolitano Stadium (Spanish: ''Estadio Metropolitano''), also referred to as Cívitas Metropolitano for sponsorship reasons, is a stadium in Madrid, Spain. It has been the home stadium of Atlético Madrid since the 2017–18 season. It is lo ...

) * Casa Museo Ratón Pérez *Museum of Illusions

University museums

* ( 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 UPM may refer to: * Ultra-pure metal * UPM (company), UPM-Kymmene Oyj, a pulp and paper company * Union pour la méditerrannée, Mediterranean Community * Union for a Popular Movement, opposition party of France * Unit production manager, someone ...

) *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) * (UPM) *Technological Museum (UPM) * ( UAM) * Museum Mineralogy Museum] (UAM) *Museum of the School of Engineering (UAM)

Defunct museums

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Museums A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

Museums in Madrid This list of museums includes museums in the municipality of Madrid, the capital of Spain. Art museums *Museo del Prado *Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum *Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía **Atocha Headquarters (Sabatini and Nouvel buildi ...