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Reina Sofía Museum

Spain's museum of modern art, home to Picasso's Guernica, with Dalí and Miró, in an old hospital by Atocha.

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Open
Wednesday to Monday; closed Tuesdays
Price
Paid; free on most evenings
Time Needed
2 hours
Address
Calle de Santa Isabel 52, 28012 MadridDirections
Getting There
Atocha or Estación del Arte station.

Why Go

Picasso's vast Guernica, painted in 1937 after the bombing of a Basque town, hangs here with the sketches he made for it. The collection covers 20th-century Spanish art, with Dalí, Miró and Juan Gris.

Entry is free in the evenings on most days.

Nearby in Madrid

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