List of museums in Madrid

This list of museums includes museums in the municipality of Madrid, the capital of Spain.

Art museums

 * Las Ventas Bullring
 * Museo del Prado
 * Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
 * Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
 * Atocha Headquarters (Sabatini and Nouvel buildings)
 * Palacio de Velázquez (Retiro Park)
 * Palacio de Cristal (Retiro Park)
 * Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando Museum
 * Royal Palace
 * Liria Palace
 * Espacio SOLO Museum
 * Sorolla Museum
 * Lázaro Galdiano Museum
 * Cerralbo Museum
 * Museum of Romanticism
 * Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas
 * Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
 * Museo Arte Público
 * Museo ABC
 * I.C.O. Museum
 * Convent of Las Descalzas Reales
 * Royal Monastery of La Encarnación
 * Royal Chapel of St. Anthony of La Florida
 * Royal Collections Gallery
 * Bank of Spain [Only guided tours available, for schools, universities or cultural organisations]
 * Piarist Fathers Calasanctian Museum
 * House-Museum of Manuel Benedito
 * Fuente del Rey House Museum
 * Félix Cañada Museum

History museums

 * National Archaeological Museum of Spain
 * Museum of the Americas
 * Museo de San Isidro (History of Madrid from prehistory to the transferring of the royal court to the Village in 1561)
 * Madrid History Museum (History of Madrid from 1561 to present day)
 * Temple of Debod
 * House-Museum of Lope de Vega
 * Pantheon of Illustrious Men
 * Platform 0
 * Chamberí Station
 * Pacífico Power Plant
 * Caños del Peral Museum-Ópera Station
 * Paleontological site-Carpetana Station
 * Old lobby-Pacífico Station
 * Bullfighting Museum
 * Museum of the History of the Jewish Community of Madrid
 * Alameda Castle

Arts and cultural centers

 * CaixaForum Madrid
 * Círculo de Bellas Artes
 * Fundación Mapfre (Mapfre Foundation)
 * Bárbara de Braganza Hall
 * Recoletos Hall
 * Fundación Juan March (Juan March Foundation)
 * La Casa Encendida
 * Matadero Madrid Cultural Center
 * Abierto X Obras
 * Casa del Lector
 * Central de Diseño
 * Extensión AVAM
 * Naves Matadero-International Living Arts Centre
 * Centro Cultural Conde Duque Cultural Center
 * Centro Centro Cultural Center
 * Centro de Arte Canal (Canal Art Center)
 * Fundación Canal (Canal Foundation)
 * Art Rooms of the Autonomous Community of Madrid
 * Banco Mercantil e Industrial (Madrid)
 * Chamberí Deposit
 * Youth Art Room
 * El Águila Beer Factory (Madrid) (Joaquín Leguina Regional Library of Madrid and Regional Archives of Madrid)
 * Marqués de Valdecilla Historical Library-Complutense University
 * Espacio Fundación Telefónica
 * Fernán Gómez (Centro Cultural de la Villa)
 * Cervantes Institute
 * Caryatid Building (Madrid)
 * Colegio del Rey (Alcalá de Henares)
 * Casa de América (Madrid)
 * Casa Árabe (Madrid)
 * Centro Sefarad-Israel
 * Casa de México (Madrid)
 * Mexican Cultural Institute (Embassy of Mexico)
 * Korean Cultural Center (Madrid)
 * Carlos de Amberes Foundation
 * Athenæum of Madrid
 * Residencia de Estudiantes [not open for general viewing]
 * Centro Arte Complutense (Madrid)
 * María Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation
 * Palacio de Gaviria
 * Casa de las Alhajas
 * Francisco Giner de los Ríos Foundation
 * Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid
 * La Neomudéjar Avant-garde Arts Center, Museum and International Artistic Residence -self-managed- (C.A.V., Museo y Residencia Artística Internacional "La Neomudéjar" -autogestionado-)
 * La Neomudéjar (Atocha)
 * Zapadores City of Art (Fuencarral)
 * PHotoEspaña Gallery
 * Fundación BBVA
 * ICO Museum
 * Sala Alcalá 31

Anthropology museums

 * Museo Nacional de Antropología
 * Museo Africano Mundo Negro
 * El Caserón Ethnographic Museum (San Sebastián de los Reyes (San Sebastián de los Reyes)

Science museums

 * Royal Observatory of Madrid
 * Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
 * Museo Geominero
 * National Museum of Science and Technology
 * Alcobendas center (collection and exhibitions)
 * Madrid center (library, archive and warehouse)
 * Royal Botanical Garden
 * Madrid Planetarium
 * Technological collection of Telefónica
 * National Royal Academy of Pharmacy (Spain)
 * National Royal Academy of Medicine (Spain)

Miscellaneous

 * Museo Naval de Madrid
 * Museo del Traje
 * Railway Museum
 * EMT Museum
 * Fire Museum
 * National Library of Spain Museum
 * La Almudena Cathedral Museum
 * Royal Tapestry Factory
 * Museo Casa de la Moneda (Madrid) (House of Coins Museum)
 * Imprenta Municipal-Artes del Libro
 * Royal Conservatory Museum
 * Museo del Aire
 * Infante de Orleans Foundation (Historical Airplanes in Flight Museum)
 * Guardia Civil Museum
 * El Goloso Military Base
 * Eduardo Torroja Museum
 * Insurance Museum (‘Museo del Seguro’)
 * Wax Museum of Madrid
 * Tiflológico Museum
 * El Capricho Park
 * Real Madrid Museum (Santiago Bernabéu Stadium)
 * Atlético Madrid Museum (Metropolitano Stadium)
 * Legends: The Home of Football
 * Casa Museo Ratón Pérez
 * Museum of Illusions

University museums

 * Alfonso XIII Royal Botanical Garden (UCM)
 * Javier Puerta Museum of Anatomy (UCM)
 * Museum of Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrate Animals (UCM)
 * Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology (UCM)
 * Museum of Astronomy and Geodesy (UCM)
 * Museum of Entomology (UCM)
 * Hispanic Pharmacy Museum (UCM)
 * Museum of Geology (UCM)
 * Museum of Dentistry "Luis de Macorra" (UCM)
 * Complutense Optical Museum (UCM)
 * Pedagogical Textile Museum (UCM)
 * Complutense Veterinarian Museum (UCM)
 * Museum of Medical and Forensic Anthropology, Paleopathology and Criminalistics (UCM)
 * Laboratory Museum of History of Education (UCM)
 * Computer Museum García Santesmases (UCM)
 * Pedagogical Museum of Children Art (UCM)
 * Olavide Museum (UCM)
 * Joaquín Serna Museum (UPM)
 * Torres Quevedo Museum (UPM)
 * Museum of Agronomy (UPM)
 * Museum of Applied Geology (UPM)
 * Museum of topographical instruments (UPM)
 * Museum of telecommunications (UPM)
 * INEF (National Institute for Physical Education) Museum (UPM)
 * "Felipe de Borbón y Grecia" Museum of Mining History (UPM)
 * Technological Museum (UPM)
 * Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions (UAM)
 * Museum Mineralogy Museum] (UAM)
 * Museum of the School of Engineering (UAM)

Defunct museums

 * Carriage Museum (Madrid)
 * Espacio Tabacalera [Temporarily Closed]
 * Tabacalera Espacio Promoción del Arte, managed by the Fine Arts Promotion Sub-Department of the Spanish Education, Culture and Sport Ministry
 * Self-managed Social Center La Tabacalera de Lavapiés (Centro Social Autogestionado La Tabacalera de Lavapiés)
 * Museum of Health and Public Hygiene at the Charmartin campus of the Carlos III Health Institute [Temporarily Closed]
 * Postal and Telegraph Museum [Temporarily closed]