While visiting Madrid, you can’t miss the Reina Sofía Museum, the most important modern art museum in Spain.

The museum officially opened on September 10, 1992 and was named in honour of the previous queen of Spain, Sofia. The museum is mainly dedicated to Spanish art, focusing on the three greatest masters of the twentieth century in Spain: Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Joan Miró. The most famous masterpiece in the museum is Picasso’s painting, “El Guernica”. The guide will explain Spanish art, from the abstractionism to cubism, surrealism and modernism, showing you the most important works from the main artists.

This museum is housed in an old building that used to be a hospital, and its hallways are the ideal place to discover the most avant-garde painters and sculptors from Spain. The museum has the most extensive collection of modern art in Spain, and also offers international temporary exhibitions in its many galleries, making it one of the largest contemporary art museums in the world. Today, the Reina Sofía Museum holds a large number of pieces, explore the hallways and galleries with your guide and learn about these works of art and their artists.