Prado Museum Madrid
Going on vacation to Madrid Spain? Want to visit the Prado Museum in Madrid? Our guide to the Prado Museum in Madrid gives you the facts & information you’ll want to know.
The Prado Museum is one of the largest art museums in Spain with major collections of Spanish, French, Italian and German art spanПing centuries. In addition to thousands of painting the Prado Museum in Madrid is also home to more than 700 works of Sculpture by various artists.
In total there are approximately 9,000 paintings; however, due to lack of size in the museum building only a fraction of these paintings can be exhibited to the public at any one time. Nevertheless the Prado Museum has enough on display to satisfy even the hungriest of artistic appetites. A significant proportion of the Spanish paintings housed in the Prado Museum originally belonged to the Spanish Royal Family until being donated to the museum.
Getting to the Prado Museum Madrid
The Prado Museum is centrally located in the city of Madrid and as one of the cities major attractions is very easy to find. The Museum is located at 23 Ruiz de Alarcon. If coming to the Prado Museum by metro then the nearest stations are Atocha and Banco de Espana, both of which are within walking distance of the Museum. The nearest railway station is Atocha, from which directions to the Prado Museum are signposted. Madrid bus routes that stop close to the Prado museum are Lines 9, 10, 14, 19, 27, 34, 37 and 45