# List of museums in Madrid

This list of museums includes museums in the municipality of Madrid, the capital of Spain.

## Art museums

* Museo del Prado
* Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
* Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
** Atocha Headquarters (Sabatini and Nouvel buildings)
** Palacio de Velázquez (Retiro Park)
** Palacio de Cristal (Retiro Park)
* Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando Museum
* Royal Palace
* Liria Palace
* Espacio SOLO Museum
* Sorolla Museum
* Lázaro Galdiano Museum
* Cerralbo Museum
* Museum of Romanticism
* Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas
* Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
* Museo Arte Público [es]
* Museo ABC
* I.C.O. Museum [es]
* Convent of Las Descalzas Reales
* Royal Monastery of La Encarnación
* Royal Chapel of St. Anthony of La Florida
* Royal Collections Gallery
* Bank of Spain [Only guided tours available, for schools, universities or cultural organisations]
* Piarist Fathers Calasanctian Museum
* House-Museum of Manuel Benedito
* Fuente del Rey House Museum
* Félix Cañada Museum

## History museums

* National Archaeological Museum of Spain
* Museum of the Americas
* Museo de San Isidro (History of Madrid from prehistory to the transferring of the royal court to the Village in 1561)
* Madrid History Museum (History of Madrid from 1561 to present day)
* Temple of Debod
* House-Museum of Lope de Vega
* Pantheon of Illustrious Men
* Platform 0
** Chamberí Station
** Pacífico Power Plant
** Caños del Peral Museum-Ópera Station
** Paleontological site-Carpetana Station
** Old lobby-Pacífico Station
* Bullfighting Museum
* Museum of the History of the Jewish Community of Madrid
* Alameda Castle [es]

## Arts and cultural centers

* CaixaForum Madrid
* Círculo de Bellas Artes
* Fundación Mapfre (Mapfre Foundation)
** Bárbara de Braganza Hall
** Recoletos Hall
* Fundación Juan March (Juan March Foundation)
* La Casa Encendida
* Matadero Madrid Cultural Center
** Abierto X Obras
** Casa del Lector [es]
** Central de Diseño [es]
** Extensión AVAM
** Naves Matadero-International Living Arts Centre
* Centro Cultural Conde Duque Cultural Center
* Centro Centro Cultural Center
* Centro de Arte Canal (Canal Art Center)
* Fundación Canal (Canal Foundation)
* Art Rooms of the Autonomous Community of Madrid
** Alcalá 31 Room [es]
** Canal de Isabel II Room [Temporarily closed until 28th of May] [es]
** Youth Art Room
* El Águila Room [es] (Regional Library of Madrid [es] and Regional Archives of Madrid [es])
* Marqués de Valdecilla Historical Library-Complutense University [es]
* Espacio Fundación Telefónica
* Fernán Gómez (Centro Cultural de la Villa) [es]
* Cervantes Institute
** Caryatid Building (Madrid)
** Colegio del Rey (Alcalá de Henares)
* Casa de América [es]
* Casa Árabe [es]
* Centro Sefarad-Israel [es]
* Casa de México [es]
* Mexican Cultural Institute (Embassy of Mexico)
* Korean Cultural Center [es]
* Carlos de Amberes Foundation
* Athenæum of Madrid
* Residencia de Estudiantes [not open for general viewing]
* Centro Arte Complutense (c arte c) [es]
* María Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation
* Gaviria Palace [es]
* Casa de las Alhajas [es]
* Francisco Giner de los Ríos Foundation [es]
* LASEDE (Official Professional Association of Architects of Madrid) [es]
* La Neomudéjar Avant-garde Arts Center, Museum and International Artistic Residence -self-managed- (C.A.V., Museo y Residencia Artística Internacional "La Neomudéjar" -autogestionado-)
** La Neomudéjar (Atocha)
** Zapadores City of Art (Fuencarral)
* PHotoEspaña Gallery
* Fundación BBVA
* ICO Museum
* Sala Alcalá 31

## Anthropology museums

* Museo Nacional de Antropología
* Museo Africano Mundo Negro
* El Caserón Ethnographic Museum [es] (San Sebastián de los Reyes)

## Science museums

* Royal Observatory of Madrid
* Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
* Museo Geominero
* National Museum of Science and Technology
** Alcobendas center (collection and exhibitions)
** Madrid center (library, archive and warehouse)
* Royal Botanical Garden
* Madrid Planetarium
* Technological collection of Telefónica
* National Royal Academy of Pharmacy Museum [es]
* Infanta Margarita Medicine Museum [es]

## Miscellaneous

* Museo Naval de Madrid
* Museo del Traje
* Railway Museum
* EMT Museum
* Fire Museum
* National Library of Spain Museum
* La Almudena Cathedral Museum [es]
* Royal Tapestry Factory
* Museo Casa de la Moneda (Madrid) (House of Coins Museum)
* Imprenta Municipal-Artes del Libro 
* Royal Conservatory Museum
* Museo del Aire
* Infante de Orleans Foundation (Historical Airplanes in Flight Museum)
* Guardia Civil Museum
* MUMA Museum of Tanks [es]
* Eduardo Torroja Museum
* Insurance Museum (‘Museo del Seguro’)
* Wax Museum of Madrid
* Tiflológico Museum
* El Capricho Park
* Real Madrid Museum (Santiago Bernabéu Stadium)
* Atlético Madrid Museum (Metropolitano Stadium)
* Legends: The Home of Football
* Casa Museo Ratón Pérez
* Museum of Illusions

## University museums

* Alfonso XIII Royal Botanical Garden [es] (UCM)
* Javier Puerta Museum of Anatomy (UCM)
* Museum of Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrate Animals (UCM)
* Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology (UCM)
* Museum of Astronomy and Geodesy (UCM)
* Museum of Entomology (UCM)
* Hispanic Pharmacy Museum (UCM)
* Museum of Geology (UCM)
* Museum of Dentistry "Luis de Macorra" (UCM)
* Complutense Optical Museum (UCM)
* Pedagogical Textile Museum (UCM)
* Complutense Veterinarian Museum (UCM)
* Museum of Medical and Forensic Anthropology, Paleopathology and Criminalistics (UCM)
* Laboratory Museum of History of Education (UCM)
* Computer Museum García Santesmases (UCM)
* Pedagogical Museum of Children Art (UCM)
* Olavide Museum (UCM)
* Joaquín Serna Museum (UPM)
* Torres Quevedo Museum (UPM)
* Museum of Agronomy (UPM)
* Museum of Applied Geology (UPM)
* Museum of topographical instruments (UPM)
* Museum of telecommunications (UPM)
* INEF (National Institute for Physical Education) Museum (UPM)
* "Felipe de Borbón y Grecia" Museum of Mining History [es] (UPM)
* Technological Museum (UPM)
* Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions [es] (UAM)
* Museum Mineralogy Museum] (UAM)
* Museum of the School of Engineering (UAM)

## Defunct museums

* Carriage Museum [es]
* Espacio Tabacalera [es] [Temporarily Closed]
** Tabacalera Espacio Promoción del Arte, managed by the Fine Arts Promotion Sub-Department of the Spanish Education, Culture and Sport Ministry
** Self-managed Social Center La Tabacalera de Lavapiés (Centro Social Autogestionado La Tabacalera de Lavapiés)
* Museum of Health and Public Hygiene at the Charmartin campus of the Carlos III Health Institute [Temporarily Closed]
* Postal and Telegraph Museum [Temporarily closed]