List of museums in Madrid explained

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 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 ABC
  • 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

• 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

Arts and cultural centers

• 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
    • • • • 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
  • Cervantes Institute
  • Caryatid Building (Madrid)
  • Colegio del Rey (Alcalá de Henares)
    • • • Mexican Cultural Institute (Embassy of Mexico)
  • Carlos de Amberes Foundation
• Athenæum of Madrid
• Residencia de Estudiantes [not open for general viewing]
  • María Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation
    • • • 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

• Museo Nacional de Antropología
• Museo Africano Mundo Negro
• (San Sebastián de los Reyes)

Science museums

• 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

Miscellaneous

• Museo Naval de Madrid
• Museo del Traje
• Railway Museum
• EMT Museum
• Fire Museum
• National Library of Spain Museum
  • Royal Tapestry Factory
• Museo Casa de la Moneda (Madrid) (House of Coins Museum)
  • Royal Conservatory Museum
• Museo del Aire
• Infante de Orleans Foundation (Historical Airplanes in Flight Museum)
• Guardia Civil Museum
  • 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

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

Defunct museums

• • [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

• List of museums in Barcelona
• List of museums in Málaga
• List of museums in Spain

Notes and References

1. Web site: Banco de España . Guided tours . www.bde.es . 11 May 2024.
2. Web site: Cierre temporal de nuestras instalaciones . 2024-05-07 . www.promociondelarte.com.
3. Web site: Instituto de Salud Carlos III . Visitas y acceso . 2024-05-07.