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Everything on the board — events, plans, places, tour maps, intercambios and guides.
Carlos Aires — “Bailad, bailad, malditos”
Matadero Madrid, Nave 0. Solo exhibition by artist Carlos Aires in Nave 0, on view 11 Sep – 24 Jan.
Prado — free evening entry
Mon–Sat 18:00–20:00, Sun 17:00–19:00. The Prado is free every evening: Mon–Sat 18:00–20:00 and Sun/holidays 17…
Reina Sofía — free entry hours
Mon & Wed–Sat 19:00–21:00, Sun 12:30–14:30. Free entry to the Reina Sofía on Mon and Wed–Sat 19:00–21:00, and …
Thyssen — free Mondays
Mondays 12:00–16:00. The permanent collection at the Thyssen is free every Monday, 12:00–16:00.
National Archaeological Museum — free hours
Sat from 14:00, Sun morning. Free entry to the MAN on Saturday afternoons (from 14:00) and Sunday mornings.
Your first 48 hours in Madrid
A short list, in order, of what to actually do first.
The August thing nobody warns you about
Half the city leaves. Here is how to enjoy the half that stays.
Free evening hours at the big museums
The Prado, Reina Sofía and Thyssen all give the day away.
Free museum hours in Madrid, all in one place
When each of the big ones stops charging.
Museo Reina Sofía
Guernica, and the best modern collection in the country.
Museo del Prado
The big one. Velázquez, Goya, Bosch — and free every evening.
Free-hours Prado run, then vermut
Queue at 17:30, three rooms, then a drink.
Guided visit: Reina Sofía free hours
Someone who knows the collection, in the free slot.
Museo de Historia de Madrid
Always free, always empty, genuinely interesting.
Carmen Laffón
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. Retrospective of Sevillian painter Carmen Laffón at the Thyssen this autumn.
Pre-Raphaelite women artists
Fundación MAPFRE, Sala Recoletos. Exhibition on the women artists linked to Pre-Raphaelitism, 24 Sep – 10 Jan.
Kenny Scharf
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. Kenny Scharf’s pop-surrealist work at the Thyssen, 29 Sep – 17 Jan.
Mercado de Motores
Vintage market in a railway museum, one weekend a month.
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
The private collection that fills the gaps the other two leave.