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Museo de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando vs Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
Both are praised by experts. Overall, Queen Sofia Arts Center scores slightly higher than Museo de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. Queen Sofia Arts Center ranks #5 in Madrid with accolades from 6 reviews including Fodor's, Lonely Planet and Travel + Leisure.
Museo de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
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Alcala, 13, 28014 Madrid
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Fodor's
"Designed by José Churriguera in the waning baroque years of the early 18th century, this museum showcases 500 years of Spanish painting."
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Concierge
"The go-to gallery for Goyas; including two of the artist's self portraits, as well as paintings by Ribera and Velázquez."
Frommer's
"An easy stroll from Puerta del Sol, the Fine Arts Museum is located in the restored and remodeled 17th-century baroque palace of Juan de Goyeneche."
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Lonely Planet
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"Madrid’s ‘other’ art gallery, the Real Academía de Bellas Artes has for centuries played a pivotal role in the artistic life of the city."
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Travel + Leisure
"Housed in an 18th-century Baroque palace near the Puerta del Sol (Gate of the Sun), the museum displays more than 1,400 paintings by artists like Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí."
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Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
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Santa Isabel, 52, 28012 Madrid
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Fodor's
"The permanent art collection features 1,000 works on four floors... and, despite concentrating on painting, puts a much higher emphasis on other art forms such as photography and cinema."
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Concierge
"A spectacular triangular-roofed addition by French star architect Jean Nouvel has boosted what was already Spain's most important modern-art museum into the capital's new must-see."
Frommer's
"As the Prado has filled the role of repository for traditional art in Madrid, the Reina Sofía, nicknamed the "MoMA of Madrid," has provided for the world of modern art."
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Lonely Planet
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"Home to Picasso’s Guernica, arguably Spain’s single most famous artwork, and a host of other important Spanish artworks."
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Travel + Leisure
"Picasso’s Guernica, depicting Franco’s bombing of civilians in Guernica during the civil war, one of the most celebrated antiwar paintings of all time, makes its permanent home here."
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