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Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza vs Museo de America
Both are recommended by professional reviewers. Overall, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum ranks significantly better than Museum of the Americas. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum has a TripExpert Score of 97 with approval from 10 reviewers like Let's Go, Time Out and Lonely Planet.
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
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Paseo del Prado, 8, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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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)."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"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."
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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."
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Time Out
"The private collection of the late Baron Hans-Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza is widely considered the most important in the world."
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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."
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Museo de America
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Avenida de los Reyes Catolicos, 6, Madrid
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Empire may have become a dirty word but it defined how Spain saw itself for centuries."
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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."
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Frommer's
"This museum near the university campus houses an outstanding collection of pre-Columbian, Spanish-American, and Native American art and artifacts."
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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."
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