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Reina Sofia Museum private guided tour
Home to Picasso's Guernica, the Reina Sofia Museum is between the two most visited museums in Spain together with the Prado Museum. It houses the most significant collection of contemporary art in Madrid. In this immersive 3 hours private guided tour we’ll explore its collection comprising of more than 21,000 works, and admire the most famous paintings, such as Picasso's masterpiece “Guernica”, Dalí’s surrealist paintings and Joan Miró artworks.
Meeting Point
Calle de Santa Isabel 52. Main entrance of the museum Sabatini building, between the 2 glassed elevators
The Irruption of the 20th Century: Utopias and Conflicts
Guernica by Pablo Picasso, Luis Buñuel documentary film, The Triadic Ballet by Oskar Schlemmer, Joan Miró, Pavilion of the Spanish Republic 1937, Spanish Civil War, Women in the Civil War, Spanish Republic and General Franco
Cubism
Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Juan Gris, Diego Rivera and other artists
Surrealism
Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Man Ray, Oscar Domínguez, Roberto Matta and other artists
Modernity, Progress and Decadentism
Llithographs by Goya. Sorolla
Noucentisme and New Art in Spain
The New Figuration between Classicism and Superrealism
Ángeles Santos, Alfonso Ponce de León
Dadaism
Ending Point
Museum café and gift shop
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Inclusions & Exclusions
Guide Fee
Museum Tickets (Box office: 10 € / Online: 8 € )
Hotel pick-up (possible to add under request)
Food and drinks
Tips
Tour Important Information
Reina Sofia Museum is undoubtedly one of the must-see in Madrid: one of the world's largest museums for modern and contemporary art. Highlights of the museum include superb collections of Spain's three great 20th-century artists: Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Joan Miró.
Officially inaugurated in 1992, named for Queen Sofía, in a former hospital building with vaulted hallways and gardens, the museum is formed by the old Sabatini building and the modern Nouvel building.
The Museum's permanent collection contains works from the 1900s to the present day, displayed through traditional genres side by side with photography, film, sound and dance. Its exhibition covers the movements of the 20th century, from abstract art, dadaism, cubism, surrealism and modernism, showing the development of one of the most outstanding artists of all time: Pablo Picasso. From "Woman in blue" to "Guernica", whose vision is probably something that everybody should experience at least once, regarded by many as one of the most powerful anti-war works of art in history. We will see the Guernica rough sketches and compare them to the final work, exhibited in the museum, while learning about the Spanish Civil War which ended up in the General Franco’s regime.
We’ll discover the surrealist movement by admiring Dalí's unique style paintings since his beginnings.
We'll stroll around the museum to marvel at the artworks by Joan Miro -defined by his bright primary colors- René Magritte, Óscar Domínguez, Georges Braque, Robert Delaunay and many others in an unforgettable tour.
For 1 or 2 travellers please contact me to discuss price.
The museum is closed on TUESDAYS. Tour can be am or pm. Sundays only AM. It is allowed to take photos in the museum without flash except in the Guernica sector
Important message from the guide
Feel free to check availability for tours and trip arrangements with me, and other cities where I can guide you if you pay my transportation fee.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
