Museums in Madrid beyond the big three: prices, free hours, closed days, and what is open on Monday

💡 The Short Version: The Sorolla’s extension is open and free from 15 October 2026, but the painter’s house is closed for restoration. San Antonio de la Florida, with Goya’s frescoes and his tomb, is free and closed Mondays. The Museo del Romanticismo is free until 31 October 2026, then €3. The Cerralbo is €3, free on Thursday evenings and Sundays. CaixaForum is €6 and open every day. The Descalzas Reales is €9, guided only, with English tours at 12:00. The Sorolla, Romanticismo, Cerralbo, San Antonio and Descalzas are closed on Mondays. The Prado, the Reina Sofía and the Thyssen have their own pages.

The six compared

Prices are the adult rate at the museums’ own ticket offices.

The state museums (the Sorolla, the Cerralbo and the Romanticismo among them) share passes. Eight Madrid Museums is €16 for 15 days and Four Madrid Museums is €8 for 10 days; at €3 a ticket, they pay only for many visits. The annual state museums pass is €36.06 and includes the Prado and the Reina Sofía. The Paseo del Arte card has the comparison.

Sorolla

Calle General Martínez Campos 37 · free · Tuesday to Saturday 9:30 to 20:00, Sunday 10:00 to 15:00

The Sorolla Museum is the former home of the painter Joaquín Sorolla. Its house is closed for restoration and rehabilitation, and The Art Newspaper reported on 14 October 2026 that it is expected to stay shut for about two more years. Its new extension opened to the public on 15 October 2026, with the temporary exhibition rooms, and is free: every ticket is free and sold only at the museum’s ticket office. A temporary exhibition on show is Tras la casa del artista, on the architecture of the museum from 1905 to 2026. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing. The museum says it is busiest from 11:00 to 13:00 Tuesday to Friday and quieter from 14:00 to 16:30. Do not come for the paintings in the house: the house is shut.

Museo del Romanticismo

Calle de San Mateo 13 · free until 31 October 2026, then €3 · closed Monday

A town house that recreates the daily life and customs of the upper middle class in the Romantic period. Rooms XV to XXI, from the women’s boudoir to the men’s bedroom, are closed for works. Entry is free until 31 October 2026, then €3 (€1.50 reduced). It is also free on Saturdays from 14:00 and on Sundays, and on 6 December. Tickets are sold at the museum only. Hours are Tuesday to Saturday 9:30 to 20:30 until the end of October and 9:30 to 18:30 from November to April, and Sunday and holidays 10:00 to 15:00. It is closed on Mondays even when they are public holidays, and the museum names Monday 2 and 9 November and Monday 7 December. It is also closed on 1 and 6 January, 1 and 15 May and 24, 25 and 31 December. Rooms are cleared 15 minutes before closing.

Cerralbo

Calle de Ventura Rodríguez 17 · €3 · Tuesday to Saturday 9:30 to 15:00, Sunday 10:00 to 15:00

A 19th-century palace that shows the rooms and collections of the 17th Marquis of Cerralbo and his family, who lived there from the end of the 19th century into the early 20th. The collections include lamps, mirrors, weapons, textiles, paintings, porcelain, furniture and archaeological pieces. It is close to the Plaza de España, the Temple of Debod and the Royal Palace. Admission is €3, or €1.50 reduced, and free on Thursdays from 17:00 to 19:00 (the museum also opens Thursday afternoons from 17:00 to 20:00), every Sunday, and on 18 April, 23 May, 12 October and 6 December. There are no advance ticket sales, and entry ends one hour before closing. It is closed every Monday, including holidays, on 1 and 6 January, 1, 15 and 18 May, and 24, 25 and 31 December.

The Cerralbo Museum on Calle de Ventura Rodríguez. Photo: Luis García (Zaqarbal), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

San Antonio de la Florida

Glorieta de San Antonio de la Florida 5 · free · Tuesday to Sunday 9:30 to 20:00 · Metro Príncipe Pío

A chapel built for Charles IV between 1792 and 1798 that holds the frescoes Goya painted at the end of the 18th century; Goya has been buried here since 1919. In 1928 an identical chapel was built beside it, so that services could move and the original could stay a museum. Goya’s dome shows the saint’s trance before the people of Lisbon. Entry is free. From 15 June to 15 September the chapel opens 9:30 to 14:00 and 15:00 to 19:00. Last access is 20 minutes before closing. It is closed on Mondays, public holidays included, on 1 and 6 January, 1 May, and 24, 25 and 31 December. Groups of up to 25 can book a free guided visit of about 20 minutes on +34 91 542 07 22.

The two chapels of San Antonio de la Florida, from above. Photo: Carlos Delgado, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

CaixaForum

Paseo del Prado 36 · €6 · every day 10:00 to 20:00

CaixaForum is an art centre in a former electric power station of 1900, rebuilt by Herzog & de Meuron, with a vertical garden by Patrick Blanc on the side of the square. It opened as a cultural centre in 2008. General admission is €6, and covers all temporary and permanent exhibitions; CaixaBank clients and visitors under 16 enter free but need a ticket. It is open every day, closed on 25 December, 1 and 6 January, and open 10:00 to 18:00 on 24 and 31 December and 5 January. Exhibitions on show include an immersive audiovisual work on biodiversity from 3 June 2026 to 7 March 2027. It opens every day, Mondays included, and sits on the Paseo del Prado.

CaixaForum and its vertical garden. Photo: Javier martin, Wikimedia Commons.

Descalzas Reales

Plaza de las Descalzas 3 · €9 · guided visits only, about 1 hour

A monastery under royal patronage, seen only on a guided visit. Admission is €9. Tours bought online are in Spanish, and tours in English run Tuesday to Sunday at 12:00; if online tickets are sold out, the box office may still have some. Hours are Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 to 14:00 and 16:00 to 18:30, and Sundays and holidays 10:00 to 15:00. It is closed on Mondays, on 1 and 6 January, 1 May, and 24, 25 and 31 December. On Wednesdays and Thursdays from 16:00 to 18:30, entry is free for citizens of the European Union, residents and Latin American citizens, at the box office only; UK, US, Canadian and Australian visitors pay. It is also free on 18 May and 12 October for everyone. Patrimonio Nacional sells tickets at tickets.patrimonionacional.es.

What is open on a Monday

CaixaForum, the Prado, the Thyssen (12:00 to 16:00), the Reina Sofía and the Royal Collections Gallery are open on Mondays. The Sorolla, the Romanticismo, the Cerralbo, San Antonio de la Florida and the Descalzas Reales are shut. Free things to do in Madrid maps the free hours day by day, and what to book before you go to Madrid lists the closed days for every sight. The Royal Palace is a short walk from the Descalzas Reales.