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Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas vs Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza

Both are rated highly by expert writers. Overall, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum scores significantly higher than National Museum of Decorative Arts. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum comes in at #2 in Madrid with positive reviews from 10 publications such as Fodor's, The Telegraph and Frommer's.

Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas
Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas
8 / 10
Calle de Montalban, 12, Madrid
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Frommer's Frommer's
"In 62 rooms spread over several floors, this museum, near the Plaza de la Cibeles, displays a rich collection of furniture, ceramics, and decorative pieces." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
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"Those who love sumptuous period furniture, ceramics, carpets, tapestries and the like will find themselves passing a worthwhile hour or two here." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Housed in a 19th-century palace, the Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas (National Museum of Decorative Arts) is located within the bank of museums northwest of the Buen Retiro Park." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"The Decorative Arts Museum houses more than 15,000 objets d'art, furniture and tapestries from all over Spain, plus many from China." Full review
Fodor's Fodor's
"This palatial building showcases 60,000 textiles, pieces of furniture—including some installed in reconstructed period rooms—jewelry, ceramics, glass, crystal, and metalwork items." Full review
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Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
9 / 10
Paseo del Prado, 8, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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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
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
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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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