The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza is an important cultural center in the Paseo del Prado in Madrid. The artworks that this museum houses were once the property of Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza and were previously held in a museum in Lugano, Switzerland. After the Baron’s marriage with a Spanish woman, he wanted to give his precious collection to the Spanish government, and it was decided that the collection should reside in Madrid.
The Museum is one of the most important in the city, country and world. It offers an overview of art from the 13th century to the late 20th century. In the nearly 1,000 works on display, visitors can contemplate the collection that includes important artists such as Titian, Rembrandt, Rubens, Caravaggio, Manet, Renoir, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Kandinsky, Hopper or Picasso. The Museum, in addition, organizes temporary exhibitions as well as activities for all audiences, such as workshops and conferences, concerts, cinema and much more.
Lastly, the Museum Shop, with independent access, is an elegant space with exclusive items inspired by some works of art, created by well-known artists, designers and local artisans.
Permanent collection:
- Available in Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Russian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean
- Approximate length: 2.5 hours or a shorter 30-minute version, highlights
Temporary exhibitions:
- Available in Spanish and English
- Approximate length: 1 hour
Thematic tours (Food, Sustainability, Some social challenges at the collection works, Fashion, Jewellery, The Museo as a Mirror of Don Quixote, Inclusive love, Wine Culture in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection):
- Available in Spanish and English
- Approximate length: 45 minutes
"Lucian Freud. New perspectives" (from 14 February to 18 June 2023)
To mark the centenary of the birth of the British painter Lucian Freud (1922-2011) the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza and the National Gallery in London are presenting a retrospective that features around 50 works.
Freud, one of the most outstanding figurative painters of the modern age, was born in Berlin and emigrated to London with his family in 1933 when the Nazis came to power. His father was a renowned architect, his mother studied art history, and his grandfather was the famous inventor of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud. The exhibition is divided into various sections that offer an approximately chronological survey of the painter's evolution and subject matter that span the decades of the artist's career: Becoming Freud, Early portraits, Intimacy, Power, The Studio, and Flesh.
Entrance to the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza (permanent collection + Temporary exhibition "Lucian Freud. New perspectives")
