On May 18, the International Museum Day is celebrated and Madrid joins in with open days and free activities.

We recommend that you go in advance as the free activities have a limited capacity and there will be long waiting lines. We say this from experience!

These are the participating museums:

NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM

Calle Serrano, 13. // Colón Subway Station

- Free admission and guided tour.

PRADO MUSEUM

Paseo Prado s/n. // Metro Colón

- Free admission and piano concert (price 10€)

THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA MUSEUM

Paseo Prado, 8. // Metro Atocha and Banco de España.

- Free admission to the permanent collection

QUEEN SOFIA MUSEUM

Calle de Santa Isabel, 52. // Metro Atocha

- Free admission, guided tours and special extended hours until 24:00h.

Special live programming of Radio 3 from 07:00h to 21:00h, in the Nouvel courtyard of the Reina Sofia, with the performance of live artists such as Ariel Rot or Iseo & Dodosound who participate this year in Noches del Botánico and make a small acoustic in this special program. From 21:00h DJ sessions.

RAILROAD MUSEUM

Pso de las Delicias, 61/// Metro Delicias.

- Free admission and extended hours until 19:00h. At that time will begin the presentation of the book 'Estación Libertad'.

SOROLLA MUSEUM

Paseo del General Martínez Campos, 37. // Metro Gregorio Marañón.

- Free admission

MUSEUM OF AMERICA

Avenida Reyes Católicos, 6. // Metro Moncloa

- Free admission, guided tours and concert.

CERRALBO MUSEUM

Calle Ventura Rodríguez, 17. // Metro Plaza España.

- Free admission and extraordinary opening from 17:00h to 20:00h.

MUSEUM OF DECORATIVE ARTS

Calle de Montalbán, 12. // Metro Banco de España and Retiro.

Free admission  

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY

Calle Alfonso XII, 68. // Metro Atocha

- Free admission and Drums in the USA Concert

MUSEUM OF ROMANTICISM

Calle San Mateo, 13. Metro Tribunal

- Free admission and guided tours of the museum.

LAZARO GALDIANO MUSEUM

Calle Serrano, 122. // Rubén Darío or Núnez de Balboa subway station.

- Free admission and exhibition "Generations at stake". 

NAVAL MUSEUM OF MADRID

Paseo del Prado, 5. // Metro: Banco de España.

- Free admission and guided tours to the temporary exhibition "Midshipmen (1717-2017). 300 years from the Royal Company to the Naval School".

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES

José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2. Metro Gregorio Marañón

- Free admission except for the exhibition "Oceans: The exhibition. The last wild territory" which will have a supplement that can be paid at the box office. In addition, there will be a guided tour of the Mediterranean Garden at 12:30 pm.

SAN ISIDRO MUSEUM

Plaza San Andrés, 2. Metro La Latina

- Free admission. From 17:30 to 19:30h Exhibition of experimental archaeology, lithics. And dramatizations in the hall.

LOPE DE VEGA HOUSE MUSEUM

Calle Cervantes, 11. // Metro Antón Martín and Sevilla.

- Free admission and dramatized visits