Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
14 expert reviews
“The collection of works housed in this 18th-century palace represent the lifetime pastime of Swiss collector Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza and his Spanish wife Carmen.”
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Fodor's
"Opened in 1992, the Thyssen occupies spacious galleries filled with natural light in the late-18th-century Villahermosa Palace (itself finished in 1771)." Full review
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"One of the most extraordinary private collections of predominantly European art in the world, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza is a worthy member of Madrid’s ‘Golden Triangle’ of art." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"The Thyssen’s pieces, purchased by the Spanish state from a private collector in 1992, represent a tremendous breadth of European painters from the 14th to 21st centuries." Full review
Time Out
"The private collection of the late Baron Hans-Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza is widely considered the most important in the world." Full review
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Condé Nast Traveler
"The third leg in Madrid's "golden triangle of art"... one of the world's great private collections, and includes everything from Old Masters to 20th-century Cubists." Full review
Let's Go
"The museum is housed in the 19th-century Palacio de Villahermosa and contains the donated collection of the late Baron Henrich Thyssen-Bornemisza. " Full review
Michelin Guide
3 Stars
"The collection is an opportunity to explore Western art from the late 12C to the present day." Full review
The Telegraph
"Superlative collections of Western art from the 13th century to the present day, built up by the Thyssen-Bornemisza family and housed in a neo-classical palace." Full review
Afar Magazine
"Admire great works of art by Spanish and European Masters like El Greco, Gauguin, Renoir, Matisse and Rusiñol." Full review
U.S. News & World Report
6.0
"Housed in the intimate Villahermosa Palace. The museum has nearly 1,000 works of art, ranging widely in style, from German Expressionism to Russian Constructivism and 19th-century American art." Full review