Art Museum
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

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Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía is an art museum in Madrid, Spain.
About Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía ("Queen Sofía National Museum Art Centre"; MNCARS) is Spain's national museum of 20th-century art. The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1992, and is named for Queen Sofía. It is located in Madrid, near the Atocha train and metro stations, at the southern end of what is known as the Golden Triangle of Art (located along the Paseo del Prado and also comprising the Museo del Prado and the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza).
The museum is mainly dedicated to Spanish art. Highlights of the museum include collections of Spain's two greatest 20th-century masters, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí. The most famous masterpiece in the museum is Picasso's 1937 painting Guernica.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía by the numbers
- Founded
- 1992
- Visitors / year
- 1,643,108
Plan your visit
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
- Website
- www.museoreinasofia.es
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