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Free museums
Free entry hours and days at Madrid's main museums, checked on each museum's official website.
Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
| Museum | When it's free |
|---|---|
| Museo Nacional del Prado
Free today Buy tickets |
Sundays: Free on Sundays and public holidays, 17:00 to 19:00 Monday – Saturday: Free Monday to Saturday, 18:00 to 20:00 |
| Museo Reina Sofía
Free today Buy tickets |
Sundays: Free on Sundays, 12:30 to 14:30 Monday – Saturday: Free on Mondays and Wednesday to Saturday, 19:00 to 21:00 (closed on Tuesdays) Also free on: 18 April, 18 May, 22 May, 12 October, 6 December Free hours still need a free ticket, which you can book online. Always free for under-18s and over-65s. General €12 |
| Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Buy tickets |
Mondays: Free on Mondays, 12:00 to 16:00 (permanent collection; on Mondays it only opens these hours) Saturdays: Free on Saturday nights, 21:00 to 23:00 (temporary exhibitions only) No ticket needed in the free hours. Always free for under-18s and unemployed people. General €14 |
| Museo Arqueológico Nacional
Free today Buy tickets |
Saturdays: Free on Saturdays from 14:00 (not on public holidays) Sundays: Free on Sunday mornings, 9:30 to 15:00 Also free on: 18 April, 18 May, 12 October, 6 December Always free for under-18s and over-65s. General €3 |
| Museo Sorolla
Free today |
Sundays: Free for everyone. Sundays and public holidays, 10:00 to 15:00 Tuesday – Saturday: Free for everyone, 9:30 to 20:00 Free for now because only the new extension building is open; the painter's house is closed for restoration. Tickets only at the ticket office |
| Museo del Romanticismo
Free today |
Saturdays: Free on Saturdays from 14:00 (closes at 18:30 from November to April) Sundays: Free on Sundays, 10:00 to 15:00 Also free on: 18 April, 12 October, 20 October, 21 October, 22 October, 23 October, 24 October, 27 October, 28 October, 29 October, 30 October, 31 October, 6 December Free for everyone until 31 October 2026. Always free for under-18s and over-65s. General €3, tickets only at the ticket office |
| Museo de América
Free today |
Sundays: Free on Sundays, 10:00 to 15:00 Thursdays: Free on Thursdays from 14:00 (it closes at 15:00) Also free on: 18 April, 12 October, 6 December Always free for under-18s and over-65s. General €3 |
| Palacio Real de Madrid
Buy tickets |
Also free on: 18 May The free hours (Monday to Thursday, 16:00 to 18:00 from October to March and 17:00 to 19:00 from April to September) are only for EU citizens and residents and Latin American citizens, with ID. Everyone else pays. General €18; buy online, as the ticket office has few tickets |
Checked on 17 October 2026 on each museum's official website. Rules can change: confirm on the museum's site before you go.