When we talk about museums in Madrid, we all think about Prado, Reina Sofia and Thyssen. Apart from these big names, there are quite a few other museums very well known by locals, but less famous among visitors from other countries.

Our official guide will take you into them and show you more aspects of our Spanish history, culture and art expressions.

Cerralbo Museum means a journey into the 19th century aristocracy.

This museum reflects the tastes of the period through a wide range of works of art.

The house-museum was created by the Marquis of Cerralbo and visitors can go back in time to see how an aristocratic family lived at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. The palace has works of art and everyday objects set in their original rooms, collected by this intellectual who was passionate about the arts and humanities. Special mention should be made of paintings by different European artists dating from the 16th-19th centuries, sculptures, drawings, prints, coins, medals, weapons and armor, watches, lamps, jewels, ceramics, furniture, carpets…

The Museum of Romanticism recreates the artistic and literary atmosphere as well as the customs and manners of the Romantic period. Our local licensed guide will explain to you about the way of life of a well-to-do Spanish family in the 19th century: rooms used by ladies, others used by gentlemen with different kinds of furniture and decoration, different objects, etc.

While we walk along them, we’ll admire some great works of art (among them a painting by Goya) and we’ll learn more about this turbulent period of our history and politics, so important to understand our present country.