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Queen Sofia Museum in Madrid

Queen Sofia Museum in spanish The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS) is the official name of Spain's national museum of 20th century art (informally shortened to the Museo Reina Sofía, Queen Sofia Museum, El Reina Sofia, or simply The Sofia).

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1992 and is named for Queen Sofia of Spain. It is located in Madrid, near the Atocha train and metro stations, at the southern end of the so-called Golden Triangle of Art (located along the Paseo del Prado and also comprising the Museo del Prado and the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza).

The museum is mainly dedicated to Spanish art. Highlights of the museum include excellent collections of Spain's two greatest 20th century masters, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí. Certainly the most famous masterpiece in the museum is Picasso's great painting Guernica.
The Reina Sofía also has fine collections of the works of Juan Gris, Joan Miró, Julio González, Eduardo Chillida, Antoni Tàpies, Pablo Gargallo, Lucio Muñoz, Luis Gordillo, Jorge Oteiza, José Gutiérrez Solana and many other significant artists.

Foreign artists are few, but there are works by Robert Delaunay, Yves Tanguy, Man Ray, Jacques Lipchitz, Lucio Fontana, Yves Klein, cubist still-lifes by Georges Braque and a large work by Francis Bacon.
It also hosts a free-access library specializing in art, with a collection of over 100,000 books, over 3,500 sound recordings and almost 1,000 videos.

 

 

 

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Musé de la reine Sophia
Christine Leopold (16 Jan 2016 - 12:00)
Juste MAGNIFIQUE !!!!

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Queen Sofia Museum in Madrid

Address : Santa Isabel, 52
Zip code : 28012
City : Madrid - Spain
Area : Centro
Website : Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS) - Madrid
Opening hours : Monday to Saturday: from 10,00 to 21,00 h. (Closing doors time). Sunday:from 10,00 to 14,30 h. (Closing doors time).Close on Tuesday
Prices : 6 euros / Reduced price entry: 3 euros (with ID). Free Admission: Saturdays: from 14,30 to 21,00 h. Sundays: from 10,00 to 14,30 h.
Phone : +34 91 774 10 00
Phone 2 : -Fax: +34 91 774 10 56
Metro/Bus : Metro : Line 1 - Pinar de Chamartín - Valdecarros / Bus: 6 - 8 - 10 - 14 - 19 - 24 - 26 - 27 - 32 - 34 - 36 - 37 - 41 45 - 47 - 54 - 55 - 57 - 59 - 60 - 78 - 85 - 86 - 102 - 116 -118 119 -141 -148 -247 - E3

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Musé de la reine Sophia
- Christine Leopold
(16 Jan 2016 - 12:00)
Juste MAGNIFIQUE !!!!
A part guernica...
- Danielle Bertinchamps
(15 Oct 2011 - 18:00)
Après le choc du Prado et la multitude des chefs d'oeuvre, j'ai été bien déçue par le musée. Certaines salles étaient fermées mais surtout, les oeuvres semblaient perdues dans ces immenses bâtiments tout blancs. Ce sont des salles parfaites pour des oeuvres monumentales, mais à part Guernica, extraordinaire, pas de grands tableaux.


for Jean-Luc Mylayne. Into the hands of time
- visit
(14 Dec 2010 - 12:30)
loved the Exhibition of Jean-Luc Mylayne: Into the hands of time.. To see
Guernica!!
- ed
(31 May 2010 - 14:00)
I finally saw Picasso’s Guernica at Queen Sofia museum. An emotional Masterpiece!!
love the museum shop
- lisa
(21 May 2010 - 15:30)
visit the shop... nice souvenirs to buy

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