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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…

• Royal Observatory Museum in Madrid. Madrid.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … 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 …

• Cosmocaixa. "La Caixa" Foundation Science Museum. Alcobendas.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Paseo Pintor Velázquez s/n. 28100. Alcobendas. Madrid. Fax.: +34 914845225 | http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es. Learn as you play. This original museum offers a multidisciplinary experience for audiences of all ages. It is an original and entertaining science museum. In its various rooms, visitors can le…

• National Engraving Centre. Madrid.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … 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…

• CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo. Móstoles.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Avenida Constitución, 23. 28931. Móstoles. Madrid. Fax.: +34 916180469 | http://ca2m.org/. Opened in May 2008, the CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo houses the contemporary art collection of the Madrid Region, comprising some 1,700 works. Its aim is to make the most current art available to the public…

• Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. Madrid.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Paseo del Prado 8. 28014. Madrid. E-mail: mtb@museothyssen.org. www.museothyssen.org. Tradition and history of a legacy. One of the best private collections of paintings in the world. For several generations, the family collected a large number of works that today are exhibited in this museum. The a…

• Typhlological Museum. Madrid.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … 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…

• Goya's pantheon. Madrid.

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  … Glorieta San Antonio de la Florida 5. 28008. Madrid. Fax.: +34 917011686 | E-mail: sanantonio@madrid.es . www.madrid.es/ermita . It is located at the foot of the presbytery in the chapel of San Antonio de la Florida. The painter's tomb is made of granite and is covered with a limestone slab which ma…

• 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 Pharmacy. Madrid.

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  … Calle Bailén s/n. 28071. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915426947 | E-mail: info@patrimonionacional.es. www.patrimonionacional.es. It is located in a wing of the Royal Palace, and features such treasures as beautifully-crafted cabinets for storing medicinal herbs, containers, numerous bottles from the ceramics f…

• 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…

• 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…

• Prado Museum. Madrid.

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  … Paseo del Prado, s/n. 28014. Madrid. Fax.: +34 913302856 | E-mail: museo.nacional@museodelprado.es. http://www.museodelprado.es. One of the greatest museums in the world. This gallery in Madrid has the most complete collection of Spanish painting from 11th-18th centuries, and numerous masterpieces b…

• National Science and Technology Museum. Madrid.

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  … Paseo de las Delicias 61. 28045. Madrid. Tel.: +34 916037400 | +34 916037401 | +34 916037405 | E-mail: infomuseo@muncyt.es. http://www.muncyt.es. A journey into scientific history. Here you can find an interesting collection that will help you understand technological evolution in Spain. The Nationa…

• National Museum of Decorative Arts. Madrid.

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  … Calle Montalbán 12. 28014. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915232086 | E-mail: mnad@mnad.mcu.es. mnartesdecorativas.mcu.es. A recreation of bygone times. This was one of the first museums in Spain dedicated to decoration. It has up to 15,000 objects displayed throughout 60 rooms, and contains recreations of decor…

• National Museum of Natural Sciences. Madrid.

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  … Calle José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2. 28006. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915645078 | E-mail: infor.edu@mncn.csic.es. www.mncn.csic.es. This museum conducts activities whose aim is to promote a greater awareness of the diversity of the natural world. It has over 6 million specimens in its collections, and this make…

• 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 …

• Naval Museum. Madrid.

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  … Paseo del Prado, 5. 28014. Madrid. Fax.: +34 913795056 | E-mail: museonavalmadrid@fn.mde.es. www.portalcultura.mde.es. The Naval Museum was inaugurated at its current location, on Paseo del Prado avenue, in 1932. It is home to a collection focusing on the naval history of Spain, and also offers an o…

• Picasso Museum - Eugenio Arias Collection. Buitrago del Lozoya.

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  … Plaza de Picasso 1, (edificio del Ayuntamiento). 28730. Buitrago del Lozoya. Madrid. Fax.: +34 918680630 | E-mail: mpcea@madrid.org. www.madrid.org/museo_picasso. Remembering the universal artist. It contains a highly varied collection of this brilliant artist's work. The origins of the museum go ba…

• National Museum of Romanticism. Madrid.

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  … Calle San Mateo, 13. 28004. Madrid. Fax.: +34 914456940 | E-mail: informacion.romanticismo@mcu.es. http://museoromanticismo.mcu.es/. Spanish Romanticism. This museum recreates the artistic and literary atmosphere as well as the customs and manners of the Romantic period. It contains an excellent col…

• 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…

• 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 …

• 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 …

• National Archaeological Museum. Madrid.

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  … Calle Serrano, 13. 28001. Madrid. Fax.: +34 914316840 | E-mail: sugerencias.man@mcu.es. man.mcu.es. The history of civilisations. Created by Queen Isabella II, it is located next to the National Library. The museum came into being at the end of the 19th century, and was designed to bring together an…

• 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…