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Royal Collections Gallery

A new museum beside the Royal Palace, opened in 2023, showing the treasures of the Spanish crown.

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Photo: Javier Perez Montes · CC BY-SA 4.0
Open
Tuesday to Sunday; closed Mondays
Price
Paid
Time Needed
2 hours
Address
Calle de Bailén s/n, 28013 MadridDirections
Getting There
Ópera station.

Why Go

Built into the hillside below the palace, its galleries show paintings, tapestries, carriages and armor collected by Spain's kings over five centuries, with works by Velázquez, Caravaggio and Goya.

A combined ticket covers the palace.

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