Located in the Villahermosa Palace, it houses nearly a thousand works that allow us to trace the history of Western painting from the 13th to the 20th century. Originally the collection was owned by the Thyssen-Bornemisza family, Just one year after the museum opened in Madrid in October 1992, it became a museum. part of the Spanish heritage. In 2004, a significant part of the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection was added to the collection. to the museum
The museum has three floors where the visitor can contemplate the main periods and pictorial schools such as the Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque, Rococo, Romanticism and the art of the 19th and 20th centuries up to Pop Art. Some movements lacking in the works are also included. state collections such as Impressionism, Fauvism, German Expressionism and the experimental Avant-garde of the early 20th century. Likewise, it is worth highlighting the important collection of North American painting from the 19th century, unique in the European museum field. Dürer, Raphael, Titian, Rubens, Rembrant, Caravaggio, Manet, Renoir, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gaugin, Kandinsky, Picasso, Hopper and Rothko are some of the great masters of painting housed in the museum. Dynamic, pioneering, sustainable and rigorous in its demand for quality, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum is open to all audiences and especially to young people. Temporary exhibitions, educational activities, online games, courses, contests, concerts, workshops, cinema, theater... in general an endless number of proposals
Permanent collection:
Monday: from 12:00 hrs – 16:00 hrs Tuesday to Sunday: from 10:00 hrs – 19:00 hrs
Temporary exhibitions: consult official website.
Reduced hours: from 10:00 hrs – 3:00 p.m. December 24 and 31
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