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Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia vs Museo de America

Queen Sofia Arts Center and Museum of the Americas are both praised by expert writers. Overall, Queen Sofia Arts Center scores significantly better than Museum of the Americas. Queen Sofia Arts Center ranks #4 in Madrid with accolades from 6 reviewers such as Let's Go, Frommer's and concierge.com.

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
8 / 10
Santa Isabel, 52, 28012 Madrid
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Fodor's 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." Full review
Concierge 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 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." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Home to Picasso’s Guernica, arguably Spain’s single most famous artwork, and a host of other important Spanish artworks." Full review
Travel + Leisure 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." Full review
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Museo de America
Museo de America
8 / 10
Avenida de los Reyes Catolicos, 6, Madrid
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Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Empire may have become a dirty word but it defined how Spain saw itself for centuries." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"This museum comprises the finest collection of pre-Columbian American art and artefacts in Europe, a combination of articles brought back at the time of the Conquest." Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"This museum near the university campus houses an outstanding collection of pre-Columbian, Spanish-American, and Native American art and artifacts." Full review
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
1 Star
"Includes a real gem: the Cortesano Manuscript, one of the rarest Mayan manuscripts to have survived... painted pictures decorated with mother-of-pearl, should not leave you indifferent either." Full review