Museo Reina Sofia

Museum Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

What to expect

The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía is Spain's national museum of 20th-century art, located in Madrid. The museum is mainly dedicated to Spanish art, with highlights including collections of Spain's two greatest 20th-century masters, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí. The most famous masterpiece in the museum is Picasso's 1937 painting Guernica. The museum 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. The museum offers a mixture of national and international temporary exhibitions in its many galleries, making it one of the world's largest museums for modern and contemporary art

Plan your family visit to the Museo Reina Sofia with these blog insights 👇

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the Reina Sofia Museum to see Picasso’s anti-war icon, “Guernica”

Highlights: The kids will always remember the powerful and expressive black and white images ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We rode the elevator to the last stop at the Center for Fine Arts for a breathtaking view

Highlights: We appreciated the stunning urban design of one of Europe's largest cities from the top ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the Reina Sofia Museum, which houses the largest collection of modern art in the world

Highlights: The adults appreciated the art portraying Spain's recent civil history, and the kids were awestruck by the colors and images dreamed up by Picasso, Miro, and Dali ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the museum at night when entrance fees were free. We saw Picasso's Guernica and other 20th century art and modern pieces

Highlights: The kids were fascinated by the huge paintings. We enjoyed seeing Picasso's Guernica and other famous artworks ✨