Best places: Museums in Madrid, Spain

Art museum with Velazquez, Goya and El Greco masterpieces in vast 12th- to 19th-century collection.

Museum housing collection of 13th-20th-century European masterpieces, from Renaissance to Pop Art.

Former home studio of the 20th-century painter Joaquín Sorolla, housing his works of Spanish scenes.

Historic aircraft including the Dragon Rapide which brought Franco to Spain to launch his coup.

Imposing neoclassical church with vast frescoed dome & chapel painted by Goya, plus guided tours.

Restored 17th-century house museum of the playwright Lope de Vega, with period furniture & artworks.

Museum housing minerals, rocks & fossils in a grand central hall with balconies & a glass roof.

Chapel-turned-museum & burial place of the famous artist Francisco de Goya, featuring his frescoes.

👍👍 It is spectacular ... It is totally worth it.

Ornate mansion with masterpieces by Goya and Bosch, plus Renaissance antiquities and medieval armor.

👍👍 first,it's free! second,close to the metro station! third, you can touch most of the things! and the working stuffs are very friendly!

Displays on nautical science & the Spanish navy from the reign of Isabella & Ferdinand onward.

Collections of Old Master paintings, fine furniture & antiques in an 1800s mansion with gardens.

👍 Taking pictures at this place was amazing!! There are plenty of rooms to take selfies or group pictures. They have two floors with different photo shoot rooms, from different lighting, ambiance, confetti, and frames to strings, couches, starry night and candle light rooms. The people at the front we...

Hub with exhibition spaces, auditorium & halls for workshops & events, plus reading areas & a shop.

👍👍 Good experience to see old fashion clothing

Group tours offered in a traditional venue with astronomy exhibits & a historic telescope replica.

Free exhibition on global currencies with vintage coin-making machines, stamps & historic banknotes.

👍👍 Engine Ship Underground Museum. Admission is free as well as guided tours. It is well worth booking and doing the guided tour as you learn a lot about how these huge engines work. The explanation of the guys very detailed. They have it very well preserved. At the end of the visit, they give a passp...

👍👍 La exposición vale mucho la pena. Si te interesa el tema no te la debes perder. Estaba un poquito masificada porque era pleno puente de diciembre, pero la audioguía facilita mucho el recorrido y la comprensión de los objetos expuestos. Es una exposición muy completa. Recomendable cien por cien.