Museums in Madrid With Free Entry

Explore these museums in Madrid that have free entry all day, every day (apart from the Prado, which is only free for part of the day).

Officially Spain's most popular tourist sight and now free (for a limited time) every day! The Museo del Prado is Spain's premier art gallery, housing the finest works of art Spain has ever produced.

• Address: Paseo del Prado s/n, 28014 Madrid
• Metro: Atocha
• When is it free? 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. from Monday to Saturday and from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. every Sunday.

The Reina Sofia is Madrid's world-famous modern art gallery - and it really does have free entry at weekends. That means you can see many works by Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso - including the latter's masterpiece, the Guernica - completely free. Also free Saturday afternoons.

• Address: Santa Isabel 52, 28012 Madrid
• Metro: Atocha
• When is it free? Sunday mornings (10 a.m. - 2.30 p.m.) and on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Madrid's bullfighting museums is a must if you have an interest in bullfighting, especially if you aren't going to be able to get to see a bullfight while you're in town.

• Address: Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, Alcalá 237
• Metro: Ventas
• When is it free?  Always

The Museo Tiflológico is Madrid's Blind Museum, maintained by ONCE, the Spanish blind association. Not so much about the blind as for them - which means lots of touchy-feely exhibits that anyone can enjoy. A bit different from the average museum.

• Address: c/La Coruña, n 18, Madrid
• Metro: Estrecho
• When is it free? Always

The great Spanish painter's final resting place, with many of his works also on display.

• Address: Glorieta San Antonio de la Florida, 5 28008
• Metro: Principe Pio
• When is it free? Always

An above-average archaeological museum, with its main attraction being a replica of a prehistoric cave.

• Address: c/ Serrano 13, Madrid, Spain
• Metro: Serrano/Retiro
• When is it free? Always

Museum about the history of Madrid, from prehistoric times to the present day.

• Address: Príncipe de Vergara, 140 Madrid, 28002
• Metro: Cruz del Rayo
• When is it free? Always

Formerly the Municipal Museum.

• Address CALLE FUENCARRAL, 78, 28004.
• Metro: Tribunal
• When is it free? Always

Another museum dedicated to the history of Madrid, this time dedicated to the city before it became the capital of Spain (when it was just a small provincial town).

• Address: Plaza de San Andrés 2, 28005
• Metro: Tirso de Molina/La Latina
• When is it free? Always

Contemporary paintings, sculptures, and drawings by Madrid artists.

• Address: Conde Duque 11, 28015
• Metro: Noviciado
• When is it free? Always

Monastery in the absolute center of Madrid (between Sol and Gran Via) with a number of religious artifacts, tapestries, and paintings.

• Address: Plaza de las Descalzas Reales 3, 28013, Madrid
• Metro: Sol/Gran Via/Callao
• When is it free? Wednesdays

The royal residence and gardens.

• Address: c/ Bailen, s/n, Madrid
• Metro: Opera
• When is it free? Wednesdays

Works by Goya, Velázquez and El Greco, among others. If you've already done Madrid's top three museums and are looking for a fourth museum of fine art - you've found it.

• Address: c/ Serrano 122, 28006 Madrid.
• Metro: Rubén Darío/Gregorio Marañón
• When is it free? Wednesdays

Museum chronicling the history of Spanish fashion.

• Address: Avenida de Juan de Herrera 2, Madrid, 28040.
• Metro: Ciudad Universidad
• When is it free? Saturdays and Sundays

It's a railway museum, which means its a museum - about railways. Closed in August.

• Address: Museo del Ferrocarril, Pº Delicias 61 - 28045
• Metro: Delicias
• When is it free? Saturdays

It was the Spanish who 'discovered' the Americas, and this fact is commemorated in this museum. Also goes some way to examining their pre-colonial history.

• Address: Avda Reyes Católicos 6, 28040, Madrid
• Metro: Moncloa
• When is it free? Sundays

Museum of decorative arts, from Roman times to the present day.

• Address: C/ Montalbán, 12.
• Metro: Banco de España
• When is it free? Sundays

The work of Joaqua Sorolla, a Valencian painter, on display in the studio where he painted them and the house where he lived.

• Address: Paseo del General Martínez Campos, 37 Madrid, 28010
• Metro:
• When is it free? Sundays

Museum of 18th-century Spanish art.

• Address: C/ Calle de San Mateo 13, 28004 Madrid
• Metro: Tribunal
• When is it free? Sundays