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de Villahermosa, palace designed by Antonio López de Aguado
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Address:
Paseo del Prado, 8
Tel: 91 369 01 51
Metro: Banco de España
/ Sevilla
Opening times: 10.00
am - 19.00 p.m. from Tues. To Sun. Monday closed.
Admissión:
Permanent collection: 700 PTA's.
Students, children (-18), OAPs (+65): 400 PTA's.
Permanent collection plus temporary exhibits: 900 PTA's;
Reduced, 500 PTA's.
Temporary exhibits: 500 PTA's; Reduced, 300 PTA's.
URL: www.museothyssen.org
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Rafael Moneo was the architect in charge of its
rehabilitation as a museum.
The works exhibited come from the private collection of Baron
Thyssen, accumulated in the course of two generations of acquisitions
turning it into one of the most important collections in the
world.
In 1993 the Spanish State reached an agreement with Baron Thyssen
and bought the greater part of the collection.
The museum has 34 halls and around 800 works spanning from the
primitive Italian and Flemish masters to the Western avant-garde
tendencies. It is on three floors.
This Museum can be considered as a complement to the Prado,
as it contains periods that are not well covered in the latter
and also makes up for the lacking periods in the Reina Sofía
permanent collection.
The Museum is also designed as a cultural centre where temporary
exhibits, concerts, conferences... are also organised. In the
summer there is a garden café open on the ground floor.
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