Prado National MuseumvsMuseo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Both are praised by expert writers. Overall, Prado National Museum is preferred by most reviewers compared to Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. Prado National Museum has a TripExpert Score of 98 with positive reviews from 11 sources including Lonely Planet, Concierge and Travel + Leisure.
Prado National Museum
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Calle Ruiz de Alarcon 23, 28014 Madrid
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Fodor's "One of the world's top museums, the Prado is...a majestic city landmark and premiere art institution that merits the attention of every traveler who visits the city." Full review
Concierge "One of the world's greatest art museums."
Frommer's "With more than 7,000 paintings, the Prado is one of the most important repositories of art in the world." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"Welcome to one of the world's premier art galleries." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Once the purview of Spanish kings, who bought directly from Titian, Velázquez, Rubens, and Goya, the Prado has a collection long ranked among the world's finest. " Full review
Michelin Guide 3 Stars
"The Museo del Prado houses the largest collection of Spanish painting in the world." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "Dubbed “the most important museum in the world for European painting”, the Prado is a collection of Spanish and international masterpieces ranging from the 12th to the 20th centuries." Full review
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goop "Nearly 200 years old, this is one of the best museums in Spain—if not the world—reflecting the tastes (and astonishing wealth) of the Spanish court through the centuries." Full review
The Telegraph "One of the greatest museums in the world, the Prado displays superb works by Spanish masters... but has wonderful Italian and Flemish collections." Full review
Travel + Leisure "For centuries, Spanish monarchs were among the most acquisitive art patrons in Europe, and the legacy of their prescient collecting hangs on the walls of the Prado." Full review
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza Fodor's Lonely Planet Travel + Leisure
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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)." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop 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." Full review
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 "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 "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
Let's Go "The museum is housed in the 19th-century Palacio de Villahermosa and contains the donated collection of the late Baron Henrich Thyssen-Bornemisza. " Full review
Michelin Guide 3 Stars
"The collection is an opportunity to explore Western art from the late 12C to the present day." Full review
goop "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." Full review
The Telegraph "Superlative collections of Western art from the 13th century to the present day, built up by the Thyssen-Bornemisza family and housed in a neo-classical palace." Full review
Afar Magazine "Admire great works of art by Spanish and European Masters like El Greco, Gauguin, Renoir, Matisse and Rusiñol." Full review
