Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (€12 per person) is located along Paseo del Prado in Madrid. This is an important inclusion in the Golden Triangle of Art in Madrid along with fellow art museums, Prado and Queen Sofia. Opening Hours are 10am to 7pm Tuesday to Sunday and 12-4pm on Mondays. Visitors can enjoy a world-class permanent collection representing a wide range of art periods from the 13th to 20th century and showcasing over 1000 paintings from a who's who list of historical artists. You'll see works by the likes of Fra Angelico, Jan van Eyck, Veronese, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Kandinsky, Dali, Renoir, van Gogh, Chagall, Pollock amongst many many others. The main collection is spaced out over 3 floors. Your visit will start on the 2nd floor with galleries arranged mostly in chronological fashion, allowing you work your way from earlier periods to more recent Post Impressionist and Modern art works of the last century on the ground floor. We spent around 90 minutes on the 2nd and 1st floor and another 30 minutes in the smaller ground floor exhibition area. The ground floor is where you find ticket booth, gift shop, access to the museum cafe as well as temporary exhibition spaces. During our visit, there was also a very rewarding temporary exhibition featuring the works of American father and son, Andrew and Jamie Wyeth. This was a quality exhibition that was well worth 20-30 minutes if you are interested in the works of Wyeth. Presently, there is a Caravaggio exhibition until mid Sept 2016. Best to visit the museum website to learn about exhibitions that may be available during the time of your intended visit. Note: Photography is allowed through the permanent collection. However, it is not allowed in the temporary exhibition area. Overall, we very much enjoyed our time at Thyssen Museum in Madrid, finding it a nice complement to Prado and Queen Sofia. This is a world-class venue and a place that will be greatly appreciated by anyone who enjoys viewing fine art.
