The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

Address: Paseo del prado, 8 . 28014 Madrid
Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday: 10:00 - 19:00
Admission fee: 9 EUR

Situated in the renovated 18th century Palacio de Villahermosa, alongside Madrid's other world renowned museums, the Prado and the Reina Sofia, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum opened to the public on 10 October 1992. Its extensive permanent collection of more than 800 paintings, sculptures, tapestries and carvings was amassed by Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza and is considered one of the most remarkable private art collections in the world, rivalled only by one possible equal - that of the British Royal Family. The collection is organized into artistic movements: 13th-17th century pieces including Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque masterworks; 17th century Dutch artists, German Expressionists and French Impressionists; and a full range of 20th century styles ranging from Cubism and Neoplasticism to Pop Art. Displayed at the museum are works by the great masters: Duccio, Buoninsegna, Van Eyck, Carpaccio, Kandinsky, Cranach, Dürer, Caravaggio, Canaletto, Rubens, Frans Hals, Titian, Van Gogh, Goya, Gauguin, Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Kirchner, Kalf, Picasso, Mondrian, Klee, Holbein, Albrecht, Rauschenberg, Ribera... the list just goes on and on. Additionally, the museum brings together an incomparable collection of American Nineteenth Century Painting virtually unknown to European museumgoers. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum is also famous for excellent temporary exhibits.