Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza

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“The collection of works housed in this 18th-century palace represent the lifetime pastime of Swiss collector Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza and his Spanish wife Carmen.”

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Fodor's Fodor's
"Opened in 1992, the Thyssen occupies spacious galleries filled with natural light in the late-18th-century Villahermosa Palace (itself finished in 1771)." Full review
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"One of the most extraordinary private collections of predominantly European art in the world, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza is a worthy member of Madrid’s ‘Golden Triangle’ of art." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"The Thyssen’s pieces, purchased by the Spanish state from a private collector in 1992, represent a tremendous breadth of European painters from the 14th to 21st centuries." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"The private collection of the late Baron Hans-Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza is widely considered the most important in the world." Full review
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Condé Nast Traveler Condé Nast Traveler
"The third leg in Madrid's "golden triangle of art"... one of the world's great private collections, and includes everything from Old Masters to 20th-century Cubists." Full review
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