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Which museums are open today in Madrid?

Today's museums come first, then the rest of the week. Many museums close on Monday, so check the day below.

Last updated: 20 October 2026

Monday Today

  • Prado Museum · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · €15
    Spain's national art museum, with Velázquez's Las Meninas, Goya's Black Paintings and Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights.
  • Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 12:00–16:00 · €14
    A private collection from Italian primitives to Pop Art, filling the gaps left by the Prado and the Reina Sofía.
  • Reina Sofía Museum (Guernica) · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–21:00 · €12
    Spain's modern art museum, home to Picasso's Guernica, plus Dalí, Miró and Spanish 20th-century art.
  • Railway Museum (Museo del Ferrocarril) · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 09:30–15:00 · €7
    Steam locomotives, royal carriages and a model railway in the Art Nouveau Delicias station.
  • Royal Collections Gallery · Austrias & Royal Palace · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · €14
    A modern museum beside the Almudena Cathedral with royal tapestries, Stradivari instruments and the Spanish crown's treasures.
  • Matadero Madrid · La Latina & Lavapiés · 🕗 09:00–22:00 · Free
    A brick slaughterhouse complex turned into a contemporary arts centre, with exhibitions, a cinema and a weekend market.
  • CaixaForum Madrid · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · €6
    Exhibitions in a rebuilt power station with a brick facade and Patrick Blanc's vertical garden next door.

Closed this day: National Museum of Natural Sciences, National Archaeological Museum, Lázaro Galdiano Museum, Cerralbo Museum, Museum of the Americas, Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Museum of Romanticism, Madrid History Museum

Tuesday Today

  • Prado Museum · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · €15
    Spain's national art museum, with Velázquez's Las Meninas, Goya's Black Paintings and Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights.
  • Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–19:00 · €14
    A private collection from Italian primitives to Pop Art, filling the gaps left by the Prado and the Reina Sofía.
  • National Museum of Natural Sciences · Retiro & Salamanca · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €7
    Dinosaur skeletons, minerals and the mounted animals of Spain's national natural history museum, a classic rainy-day stop with kids.
  • Railway Museum (Museo del Ferrocarril) · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 09:30–15:00 · €7
    Steam locomotives, royal carriages and a model railway in the Art Nouveau Delicias station.
  • National Archaeological Museum · Retiro & Salamanca · 🕗 09:30–20:00 · €3
    The Lady of Elche, a replica of the Altamira cave and Iberian, Roman and Visigothic treasures, in a palace near the Puerta de Alcalá.
  • Lázaro Galdiano Museum · Retiro & Salamanca · 🕗 09:30–15:00, 16:30–19:30 · €8
    A collector's mansion full of Goya, Bosch, ivories and enamels, in a quiet palace on Serrano.
  • Cerralbo Museum · Plaza de España & Casa de Campo · 🕗 09:30–15:00 · €3
    A 19th-century aristocrat's palace kept as it was, with a ballroom, a mirrored gallery and a collection of art and armour.
  • Museum of the Americas · Plaza de España & Casa de Campo · 🕗 09:30–15:00 · €3
    Pre-Columbian gold, the Tudela Codex and colonial art, in a museum near the Moncloa tower.
  • Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando · Sol & Gran Vía · 🕗 10:00–15:00
    Goya's academy, with his self-portrait and works by Velázquez, Zurbarán and Arcimboldo, steps from Puerta del Sol.
  • Royal Collections Gallery · Austrias & Royal Palace · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · €14
    A modern museum beside the Almudena Cathedral with royal tapestries, Stradivari instruments and the Spanish crown's treasures.
  • Matadero Madrid · La Latina & Lavapiés · 🕗 09:00–22:00 · Free
    A brick slaughterhouse complex turned into a contemporary arts centre, with exhibitions, a cinema and a weekend market.
  • CaixaForum Madrid · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · €6
    Exhibitions in a rebuilt power station with a brick facade and Patrick Blanc's vertical garden next door.
  • Museum of Romanticism · Malasaña & Chueca · 🕗 09:30–18:30 · €3
    A 19th-century aristocratic mansion with period rooms, portraits, a Goya and a tea room in the garden.
  • Madrid History Museum · Malasaña & Chueca · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · Free
    The city's story in maps, models and paintings, behind a baroque doorway on Fuencarral; free to enter.

Closed this day: Reina Sofía Museum (Guernica)

Wednesday Today

  • Prado Museum · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · €15
    Spain's national art museum, with Velázquez's Las Meninas, Goya's Black Paintings and Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights.
  • Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–19:00 · €14
    A private collection from Italian primitives to Pop Art, filling the gaps left by the Prado and the Reina Sofía.
  • Reina Sofía Museum (Guernica) · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–21:00 · €12
    Spain's modern art museum, home to Picasso's Guernica, plus Dalí, Miró and Spanish 20th-century art.
  • National Museum of Natural Sciences · Retiro & Salamanca · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €7
    Dinosaur skeletons, minerals and the mounted animals of Spain's national natural history museum, a classic rainy-day stop with kids.
  • Railway Museum (Museo del Ferrocarril) · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 09:30–15:00 · €7
    Steam locomotives, royal carriages and a model railway in the Art Nouveau Delicias station.
  • National Archaeological Museum · Retiro & Salamanca · 🕗 09:30–20:00 · €3
    The Lady of Elche, a replica of the Altamira cave and Iberian, Roman and Visigothic treasures, in a palace near the Puerta de Alcalá.
  • Lázaro Galdiano Museum · Retiro & Salamanca · 🕗 09:30–15:00, 16:30–19:30 · €8
    A collector's mansion full of Goya, Bosch, ivories and enamels, in a quiet palace on Serrano.
  • Cerralbo Museum · Plaza de España & Casa de Campo · 🕗 09:30–15:00 · €3
    A 19th-century aristocrat's palace kept as it was, with a ballroom, a mirrored gallery and a collection of art and armour.
  • Museum of the Americas · Plaza de España & Casa de Campo · 🕗 09:30–15:00 · €3
    Pre-Columbian gold, the Tudela Codex and colonial art, in a museum near the Moncloa tower.
  • Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando · Sol & Gran Vía · 🕗 10:00–15:00
    Goya's academy, with his self-portrait and works by Velázquez, Zurbarán and Arcimboldo, steps from Puerta del Sol.
  • Royal Collections Gallery · Austrias & Royal Palace · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · €14
    A modern museum beside the Almudena Cathedral with royal tapestries, Stradivari instruments and the Spanish crown's treasures.
  • Matadero Madrid · La Latina & Lavapiés · 🕗 09:00–22:00 · Free
    A brick slaughterhouse complex turned into a contemporary arts centre, with exhibitions, a cinema and a weekend market.
  • CaixaForum Madrid · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · €6
    Exhibitions in a rebuilt power station with a brick facade and Patrick Blanc's vertical garden next door.
  • Museum of Romanticism · Malasaña & Chueca · 🕗 09:30–18:30 · €3
    A 19th-century aristocratic mansion with period rooms, portraits, a Goya and a tea room in the garden.
  • Madrid History Museum · Malasaña & Chueca · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · Free
    The city's story in maps, models and paintings, behind a baroque doorway on Fuencarral; free to enter.

Thursday Today

  • Prado Museum · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · €15
    Spain's national art museum, with Velázquez's Las Meninas, Goya's Black Paintings and Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights.
  • Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–19:00 · €14
    A private collection from Italian primitives to Pop Art, filling the gaps left by the Prado and the Reina Sofía.
  • Reina Sofía Museum (Guernica) · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–21:00 · €12
    Spain's modern art museum, home to Picasso's Guernica, plus Dalí, Miró and Spanish 20th-century art.
  • National Museum of Natural Sciences · Retiro & Salamanca · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €7
    Dinosaur skeletons, minerals and the mounted animals of Spain's national natural history museum, a classic rainy-day stop with kids.
  • Railway Museum (Museo del Ferrocarril) · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 09:30–15:00 · €7
    Steam locomotives, royal carriages and a model railway in the Art Nouveau Delicias station.
  • National Archaeological Museum · Retiro & Salamanca · 🕗 09:30–20:00 · €3
    The Lady of Elche, a replica of the Altamira cave and Iberian, Roman and Visigothic treasures, in a palace near the Puerta de Alcalá.
  • Lázaro Galdiano Museum · Retiro & Salamanca · 🕗 09:30–15:00, 16:30–19:30 · €8
    A collector's mansion full of Goya, Bosch, ivories and enamels, in a quiet palace on Serrano.
  • Cerralbo Museum · Plaza de España & Casa de Campo · 🕗 09:30–15:00, 17:00–20:00 · €3
    A 19th-century aristocrat's palace kept as it was, with a ballroom, a mirrored gallery and a collection of art and armour.
  • Museum of the Americas · Plaza de España & Casa de Campo · 🕗 09:30–15:00, 16:00–19:00 · €3
    Pre-Columbian gold, the Tudela Codex and colonial art, in a museum near the Moncloa tower.
  • Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando · Sol & Gran Vía · 🕗 10:00–15:00
    Goya's academy, with his self-portrait and works by Velázquez, Zurbarán and Arcimboldo, steps from Puerta del Sol.
  • Royal Collections Gallery · Austrias & Royal Palace · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · €14
    A modern museum beside the Almudena Cathedral with royal tapestries, Stradivari instruments and the Spanish crown's treasures.
  • Matadero Madrid · La Latina & Lavapiés · 🕗 09:00–22:00 · Free
    A brick slaughterhouse complex turned into a contemporary arts centre, with exhibitions, a cinema and a weekend market.
  • CaixaForum Madrid · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · €6
    Exhibitions in a rebuilt power station with a brick facade and Patrick Blanc's vertical garden next door.
  • Museum of Romanticism · Malasaña & Chueca · 🕗 09:30–18:30 · €3
    A 19th-century aristocratic mansion with period rooms, portraits, a Goya and a tea room in the garden.
  • Madrid History Museum · Malasaña & Chueca · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · Free
    The city's story in maps, models and paintings, behind a baroque doorway on Fuencarral; free to enter.

Friday Today

  • Prado Museum · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · €15
    Spain's national art museum, with Velázquez's Las Meninas, Goya's Black Paintings and Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights.
  • Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–19:00 · €14
    A private collection from Italian primitives to Pop Art, filling the gaps left by the Prado and the Reina Sofía.
  • Reina Sofía Museum (Guernica) · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–21:00 · €12
    Spain's modern art museum, home to Picasso's Guernica, plus Dalí, Miró and Spanish 20th-century art.
  • National Museum of Natural Sciences · Retiro & Salamanca · 🕗 10:00–17:00 · €7
    Dinosaur skeletons, minerals and the mounted animals of Spain's national natural history museum, a classic rainy-day stop with kids.
  • Railway Museum (Museo del Ferrocarril) · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 09:30–15:00 · €7
    Steam locomotives, royal carriages and a model railway in the Art Nouveau Delicias station.
  • National Archaeological Museum · Retiro & Salamanca · 🕗 09:30–20:00 · €3
    The Lady of Elche, a replica of the Altamira cave and Iberian, Roman and Visigothic treasures, in a palace near the Puerta de Alcalá.
  • Lázaro Galdiano Museum · Retiro & Salamanca · 🕗 09:30–15:00, 16:30–19:30 · €8
    A collector's mansion full of Goya, Bosch, ivories and enamels, in a quiet palace on Serrano.
  • Cerralbo Museum · Plaza de España & Casa de Campo · 🕗 09:30–15:00 · €3
    A 19th-century aristocrat's palace kept as it was, with a ballroom, a mirrored gallery and a collection of art and armour.
  • Museum of the Americas · Plaza de España & Casa de Campo · 🕗 09:30–15:00 · €3
    Pre-Columbian gold, the Tudela Codex and colonial art, in a museum near the Moncloa tower.
  • Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando · Sol & Gran Vía · 🕗 10:00–15:00
    Goya's academy, with his self-portrait and works by Velázquez, Zurbarán and Arcimboldo, steps from Puerta del Sol.
  • Royal Collections Gallery · Austrias & Royal Palace · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · €14
    A modern museum beside the Almudena Cathedral with royal tapestries, Stradivari instruments and the Spanish crown's treasures.
  • Matadero Madrid · La Latina & Lavapiés · 🕗 09:00–22:00 · Free
    A brick slaughterhouse complex turned into a contemporary arts centre, with exhibitions, a cinema and a weekend market.
  • CaixaForum Madrid · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · €6
    Exhibitions in a rebuilt power station with a brick facade and Patrick Blanc's vertical garden next door.
  • Museum of Romanticism · Malasaña & Chueca · 🕗 09:30–18:30 · €3
    A 19th-century aristocratic mansion with period rooms, portraits, a Goya and a tea room in the garden.
  • Madrid History Museum · Malasaña & Chueca · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · Free
    The city's story in maps, models and paintings, behind a baroque doorway on Fuencarral; free to enter.

Saturday Today

  • Prado Museum · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · €15
    Spain's national art museum, with Velázquez's Las Meninas, Goya's Black Paintings and Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights.
  • Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–23:00 · €14
    A private collection from Italian primitives to Pop Art, filling the gaps left by the Prado and the Reina Sofía.
  • Reina Sofía Museum (Guernica) · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–21:00 · €12
    Spain's modern art museum, home to Picasso's Guernica, plus Dalí, Miró and Spanish 20th-century art.
  • National Museum of Natural Sciences · Retiro & Salamanca · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · €7
    Dinosaur skeletons, minerals and the mounted animals of Spain's national natural history museum, a classic rainy-day stop with kids.
  • Railway Museum (Museo del Ferrocarril) · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–19:00 · €7
    Steam locomotives, royal carriages and a model railway in the Art Nouveau Delicias station.
  • National Archaeological Museum · Retiro & Salamanca · 🕗 09:30–20:00 · €3
    The Lady of Elche, a replica of the Altamira cave and Iberian, Roman and Visigothic treasures, in a palace near the Puerta de Alcalá.
  • Lázaro Galdiano Museum · Retiro & Salamanca · 🕗 09:30–15:00 · €8
    A collector's mansion full of Goya, Bosch, ivories and enamels, in a quiet palace on Serrano.
  • Cerralbo Museum · Plaza de España & Casa de Campo · 🕗 09:30–15:00 · €3
    A 19th-century aristocrat's palace kept as it was, with a ballroom, a mirrored gallery and a collection of art and armour.
  • Museum of the Americas · Plaza de España & Casa de Campo · 🕗 09:30–15:00 · €3
    Pre-Columbian gold, the Tudela Codex and colonial art, in a museum near the Moncloa tower.
  • Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando · Sol & Gran Vía · 🕗 10:00–15:00
    Goya's academy, with his self-portrait and works by Velázquez, Zurbarán and Arcimboldo, steps from Puerta del Sol.
  • Royal Collections Gallery · Austrias & Royal Palace · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · €14
    A modern museum beside the Almudena Cathedral with royal tapestries, Stradivari instruments and the Spanish crown's treasures.
  • Matadero Madrid · La Latina & Lavapiés · 🕗 09:00–22:00 · Free
    A brick slaughterhouse complex turned into a contemporary arts centre, with exhibitions, a cinema and a weekend market.
  • CaixaForum Madrid · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · €6
    Exhibitions in a rebuilt power station with a brick facade and Patrick Blanc's vertical garden next door.
  • Museum of Romanticism · Malasaña & Chueca · 🕗 09:30–18:30 · €3
    A 19th-century aristocratic mansion with period rooms, portraits, a Goya and a tea room in the garden.
  • Madrid History Museum · Malasaña & Chueca · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · Free
    The city's story in maps, models and paintings, behind a baroque doorway on Fuencarral; free to enter.

Sunday Today

  • Prado Museum · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–19:00 · €15
    Spain's national art museum, with Velázquez's Las Meninas, Goya's Black Paintings and Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights.
  • Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–19:00 · €14
    A private collection from Italian primitives to Pop Art, filling the gaps left by the Prado and the Reina Sofía.
  • Reina Sofía Museum (Guernica) · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–14:30 · €12
    Spain's modern art museum, home to Picasso's Guernica, plus Dalí, Miró and Spanish 20th-century art.
  • National Museum of Natural Sciences · Retiro & Salamanca · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · €7
    Dinosaur skeletons, minerals and the mounted animals of Spain's national natural history museum, a classic rainy-day stop with kids.
  • Railway Museum (Museo del Ferrocarril) · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–15:00 · €7
    Steam locomotives, royal carriages and a model railway in the Art Nouveau Delicias station.
  • National Archaeological Museum · Retiro & Salamanca · 🕗 09:30–15:00 · €3
    The Lady of Elche, a replica of the Altamira cave and Iberian, Roman and Visigothic treasures, in a palace near the Puerta de Alcalá.
  • Lázaro Galdiano Museum · Retiro & Salamanca · 🕗 09:30–15:00 · €8
    A collector's mansion full of Goya, Bosch, ivories and enamels, in a quiet palace on Serrano.
  • Cerralbo Museum · Plaza de España & Casa de Campo · 🕗 10:00–15:00 · €3
    A 19th-century aristocrat's palace kept as it was, with a ballroom, a mirrored gallery and a collection of art and armour.
  • Museum of the Americas · Plaza de España & Casa de Campo · 🕗 10:00–15:00 · €3
    Pre-Columbian gold, the Tudela Codex and colonial art, in a museum near the Moncloa tower.
  • Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando · Sol & Gran Vía · 🕗 10:00–15:00
    Goya's academy, with his self-portrait and works by Velázquez, Zurbarán and Arcimboldo, steps from Puerta del Sol.
  • Royal Collections Gallery · Austrias & Royal Palace · 🕗 10:00–19:00 · €14
    A modern museum beside the Almudena Cathedral with royal tapestries, Stradivari instruments and the Spanish crown's treasures.
  • Matadero Madrid · La Latina & Lavapiés · 🕗 09:00–22:00 · Free
    A brick slaughterhouse complex turned into a contemporary arts centre, with exhibitions, a cinema and a weekend market.
  • CaixaForum Madrid · Huertas & Paseo del Arte · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · €6
    Exhibitions in a rebuilt power station with a brick facade and Patrick Blanc's vertical garden next door.
  • Museum of Romanticism · Malasaña & Chueca · 🕗 10:00–15:00 · €3
    A 19th-century aristocratic mansion with period rooms, portraits, a Goya and a tea room in the garden.
  • Madrid History Museum · Malasaña & Chueca · 🕗 10:00–20:00 · Free
    The city's story in maps, models and paintings, behind a baroque doorway on Fuencarral; free to enter.

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