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• Caixa Forum Madrid. Madrid.

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  … Paseo del Prado 36. 28014. Madrid. Fax.: +34 913307330 | E-mail: caixaforummadrid@laie.es. http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es/nuestroscentros/caixaforummadrid/caixaforummadrid_es.html. A social and cultural centre in the heart of Madrid. Caixa Forum Madrid has restored the old Mediodía Power Station, a je…

• National Anthropology Museum. Madrid.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Alfonso XII 68. 28014. Madrid. Fax.: +34 914677098 | http://mnantropologia.mcu.es/. The diversity of cultures. This was the first anthropology museum established in Spain, in the year 1875. Located in a 19th-century building, the museum presents an overview of different cultures, with a view t…

• Lope de Vega House-Museum. Madrid.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Cervantes 11. 28014. Madrid. E-mail: casamuseolopedevega@madrid.org. Remembering the Golden Age. Lope de Vega lived in this house from 1610, until his death in 1635. The building dates from the 16th century and maintains its original appearance, thanks to painstaking restoration work. The muse…

• Pantheon of Illustrious Men. Madrid.

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  … Calle Julián Gayarre 3. 28014. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915426947 | E-mail: info@patrimonionacional.es. www.patrimonionacional.es. It is located in the cloister of Nuestra Señora de Atocha Basilica, a Byzantine-inspired church, and contains the tombs of intellectuals such as Ríos Rosas, Cánovas del Castill…

• Royal Tapestry Factory. Madrid.

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  … Calle Fuenterrabía 2. 28014. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915513409 | E-mail: informacion@realfabricadetapices.com. www.realfabricadetapices.com. Established in the 18th century by Philip V of Spain, the Royal Tapestry Factory has a major collection of tapestries, carpets and cartoons dating from the 16th-20th…

• Railway Museum. Madrid.

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  … Paseo de las Delicias 61. 28045. Madrid. E-mail: museodelicias@ffe.es . www.museodelferrocarril.org. Here you can discover the railway heritage of Madrid through a large collection of steam locomotives. The museum is located in the old Delicias station, a beautiful 19th-century building, and has var…

• Royal Observatory Museum in Madrid. Madrid.

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  … Calle Alfonso XII, 3. 28014. Madrid. E-mail: reservas.rom@cnig.es. http://www.ign.es/rom/visitas/index.jsp.   One of the Observatory's locations is in the Villanueva Building, in Retiro Park. This centre has an important collection of antique instruments used for different purposes in astronomy and …

• National Engraving Centre. Madrid.

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  … Calle Alcalá, 13. 28014. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915224419 | E-mail: calcografianacional.ventas@rabasf.org. The aim of the centre is to conserve and promote graphic art. The National Engraving Centre was created in 1789 to undertake major engraving projects in the field of political illustration. This ins…

• Wax Museum. Madrid.

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  … Paseo de Recoletos 41. 28004. Madrid. Fax.: +34 913080825 | E-mail: info@museoceramadrid.com. www.museoceramadrid.com. Art made of wax. A journey through history with waxwork figures. Exploring this museum is a good way to get acquainted with personalities, public figures or fictional characters who…

• Royal Armoury. Madrid.

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  … Calle Bailén s/n. 28071. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915426947 | E-mail: info@patrimonionacional.es. www.patrimonionacional.es.   The Royal Armoury is home to one of the most important collections of its kind, and comprises weapons and armour belonging to the Spanish monarchs and other members of the Royal Fa…

• Mint Museum. Madrid.

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  … Calle Doctor Esquerdo 36. 28009. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915666809 | E-mail: museo@fmnt.es. www.fnmt.es/. The Mint Museum is considered one of the most important of its kind. Located at the Spanish Royal Mint, it shows the history of money from its origins through to the present day, as well as different …

• Cerralbo Museum. Madrid.

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  … Calle Ventura Rodríguez 17. 28008. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915591171 | E-mail: museo.cerralbo@mcu.es. museocerralbo.mcu.es. A journey back to 19th-century aristocratic life. This museum reflects the tastes of the period through a wide range of works of art. The house-museum was created by the Marquis of C…

• Sorolla Museum. Madrid.

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  … Calle General Martínez Campos 37. 28010. Madrid. Fax.: +34 913085925 | E-mail: museo.sorolla@mecd.es. museosorolla.mcu.es. A tribute to the painter of natural light. It is housed in what was Sorolla's home and studio, and features numerous paintings by the artist. The museum will provide an insight …

• Geological and Mining Museum:. Madrid.

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  … Calle Ríos Rosas 23. 28003. Madrid. Fax.: +34 913495830 | E-mail: m.geominero@igme.es. www.igme.es. It is located in the Spanish Geology and Mining Institute building. The museum aims to promote the wealth and diversity of geological and mining heritage. To this end it exhibits a collection of miner…

• Museum of the Americas. Madrid.

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  … Avenida Reyes Católicos 6. 28040. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915446742 | E-mail: museo@mamerica.mcu.es. museodeamerica.mcu.es. The history of the Americas. The collection contains important pre-Columbian archaeological pieces. The collection in the Museum of the Americas features various pieces from differen…

• Costume Museum. Ethnological Heritage Research Centre. Madrid.

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  … Avenida Juan de Herrera 2 (Ciudad Universitaria). 28040. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915446970 | E-mail: museodeltraje@mcu.es. museodeltraje.mcu.es/. This museum features numerous exhibits showing the evolution of clothing in Spain throughout history. An exquisite selection of clothing items from times gone b…

• Typhlological Museum. Madrid.

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  … Calle Coruña, 18. 28020. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915894225 | E-mail: museo@once.es. http://museo.once.es. The Typhlological Museum has been designed to promote and bring culture closer to those with a visual impairment. Built in 1992 by the National Organisation of the Blind (ONCE), the Typhlological Muse…

• African Museum - African World. Madrid.

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  … Calle Arturo Soria 101. 28043. Madrid. www.museoafricano.es. A journey through the African continent. This museum provides an insight into African tribal life. Located in the offices of the Combonian missionaries in Madrid, it offers a veritable journey through Africa. Through maps, visitors can exp…

• Postal and Telegraph Museum. Madrid.

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  … Calle Tapa de Casariego 6. 28023. Madrid. Fax.: +34 917401436 | E-mail: museopostaltelegrafico@correos.es. www.correos.es. It offers a journey through the history of philately, with stamps from Spain and the rest of the world from the end of the 18th century onwards; it also explores the world of te…

• Cervantes Birth House-Museum. Alcalá de Henares.

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  … Calle Mayor 48. 28801. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. Fax.: +34 918818752 | E-mail: museocasanataldecervantes@madrid.org. www.museo-casa-natal-cervantes.org. Birthplace of the author of Don Quixote. The building recreates the atmosphere in which one of the most important writers of universal literature …

• Architecture and Painting Museum in the El Escorial Monastery. San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

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  … Calle don Juan de Borbón y Battemberg s/n. 28200. San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Madrid. Fax.: +34 918907818 | E-mail: infoescorial@patrimonionacional.es. www.patrimonionacional.es. How this masterpiece was built. It reveals the secrets behind the building of this monument, designated a World Heritage …