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Museo de America Madrid

admin — Sun, 10 Oct 2004 10:30:35 +0000

If you are interested, and you have the motivation to learn more about Spains colonial history, the museum “Museo de America” might be the right place for you.

Spains colonial history started in 1492 with the discovery of America by Christoph Columbus, and ended in 1898 by the loss of Cuba. The museum tries to tell the exciting story between those two remarkable happenings in Spanish history.

The biggest attractions of the museum are exhibits from pre-Columbian time.

Metro 3 and 6: Moncloa

Museo Sorolla Madrid

admin — Sun, 10 Oct 2004 05:39:54 +0000

The mansion from the beginning of the 20th century, was the residence and workshop of the exceptionally gifted Spanish painter Joaquin Sorolla.

Sorolla lived from 1863 to 1923, and spent the final years of his life in this kind of gorgeous building. The garden of the mansion has the typical Andalusian character.

Sorollas pictures are bathed in light, and intercedes a certain charme to the viewer. The mansion is located in Paseo General Martinez Campos 37, close to the Ruben Dario metro station.

Museo Arqueologico Nacional Madrid

admin — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 06:07:50 +0000

Museo Arqueologico Nacional is the archaeologic national museum of Spain. The most important exhibit of the museum of the “Lady of Elche”. A sculpture made of stone from pre-Roman time which was found around the area of Elche (Alicante province).

The museum offers also many interesting collections of Visigothic crowns and jewellery made of gold.

Visigothic tribes arrived in Spain after the decline of the Roman Empire, and stayed until the Arabic conquest of Spain until 711. Evidences of the Visigoths in Spain are classified as very rare. The visit of the archaeologic national museum can be an interesting experience in this respect.

Metro 2: Retiro
Metro 4: Serrano

Reina Sofia Madrid

admin — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 07:41:57 +0000

The “Museo National Centro de Arte Reina Sofia” is a museum in the east of the Lavapies district, and known for the famous painting called “Guernica”, which was done by Pablo Picasso in 1937. The world famous picture can be found on the second floor in the 6th room.

The museum has also many other interesting works of contemporary art from Spain from the beginning of the 20th century. The visitor can find pictures from Juan Gris, Joan Miro, and Salvador Dali.

The 4th floor of the museum offers a lot of space for Spains modern and current art.

Metro 1: Atocha

Museo Municipal Madrid

admin — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 06:18:51 +0000

Museo Municipal is Madrids municipal museum. Find everything interesting about the history of Madrid. Paintings, pictures, and documents about the past of the Spanish capital awaits the visitor.

The museum is located in the north of the district Chueca, and accommodated in a building of the 18th century, which served in former time as a hospice.

Since 1929 the building with a magnificent entrance portal in baroque style is used as the municipal museum of Madrid. The highlight of the museum is an exact model of Madrid from the year 1830.

Metro 1 and 10: Tribunal

Thyssen Bornemisza Museum Madrid

admin — Sat, 02 Oct 2004 06:04:06 +0000

The constitutor of this museum was the second-born son of the founder of Germans famous steel empire. He was not very interested in steel, and so he married an Hungarian baroness and started to collect artworks. Their son Hans-Heinrich, who lived from 1921 to 2002, continued their work. He collected favoured German expressionists. When he died he left 1.500 collected artworks.

800 of them are part of the Madrid Museum called “Thyssen Bornemisza” in the palace “Palacio Villahermosa”. The museum exists since 1992. In 2004 the building was expanded, and 220 more artworks found space in the exhibition.

Metro 2: Banco de Espana

Prado Madrid

admin — Sat, 02 Oct 2004 05:41:41 +0000

Prado is the most important museum of Madrid, and even counts to one of the most important in the whole world. Prado means “meadow” in the English language.

The construction works for the impressive building started in 1785. It was Charles III who gave the arrangement for such kind of project. The museum was built in a neoclassic style.

The focal point of Prado is the Spanish painting. The museum owns the most comprehensive collections of El Greco (1541-1614), Velazquez (1599-1660) and Goyas (1746-1828).

The visitor is also able to find works of following artists: Jose de Ribera, Francisco de Zurbaran, Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Hieronymus Bosch, Rubens, Brueghel, Dürer, Cranach, Botticelli, Rafael, Tizian, Tintoretto, Caravaggio, and many more. The whole quantity comprises more than 7.500 artworks. Only one third of it is exhibited.

The hugeness of Prado might be quite confusing for some first time visitors. It’s possible not to know what to see and where to go. Orientation is very important in Prado.

The most fascinating artworks in the museum which should be seen are “La Menias” from Diego de Velazquez, “El Jardin de las Delicias” from Hieronymus Bosch, and the sad face of the little dog in “Perro semihundido” from Francisco de Goya.

Metro 1: Atocha
Metro 2: Banco de Espana