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💡 The Short Version: The Thyssen is €14. It is free on Mondays from 12:00 to 16:00, the only hours it opens that day, and free on Saturdays from 21:00 to 23:00 for the temporary exhibitions on the ground floor and level -1; no ticket is needed in either window. It opens 10:00 to 19:00 Tuesday to Friday and Sunday, and 10:00 to 23:00 on Saturdays. Allow 2 hours 30 minutes, and the museum says 14:00 to 16:00 is the quietest time. Vermeer’s View of Delft is on loan until 10 January 2027. The Paseo del Arte card is €32.80 for the Thyssen, the Prado and the Reina Sofía.
Tickets and prices
The Thyssen sells tickets at entradas.museothyssen.org and describes its visits at museothyssen.org. Search results for “Thyssen tickets” include sites that are not the museum’s. Prices are the adult rate.
The Villahermosa Palace, home of the Thyssen-Bornemisza, from the Paseo del Prado. Photo: Luis García (Zaqarbal), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
| Ticket | Price | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| General admission | €14 | The permanent collection, the Carmen Thyssen Collection and the temporary exhibitions on show |
| Over 65s and pensioners | €10 | Proof at the ticket office or the entrance |
| Students | €10 | A valid student card, any age or nationality |
| Group of seven or more | €12 | |
| Ticket and audio guide | €19.50 | The ticket plus €5.50 |
| Ticket and brunch | €66.50 | The ticket plus €52.50 for the museum’s Art & Food brunch |
| Paseo del Arte card | €32.80 | One visit each to the Thyssen, the Prado and the Reina Sofía. See the Paseo del Arte card |
| Under 18s, the unemployed, visitors with a disability of 33% or more, Friends | Free | Tickets from the ticket office or online |
The free hours
| When | What is free | Ticket |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 12:00 to 16:00 | The collection and the exhibitions | None |
| Saturday 21:00 to 23:00 | The temporary exhibitions on the ground floor and level -1 | None |
- Monday is the only day the museum opens at noon, and it closes at 16:00. Last admission is 30 minutes before closing.
- Hours. Winter schedule, from 1 September to 30 June: Tuesday to Friday and Sunday 10:00 to 19:00, Saturday 10:00 to 23:00. In July and August, Tuesday to Friday runs to 21:00. On 24 and 31 December the museum opens 10:00 to 15:00, and it is closed on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December.
- Ticket office. Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 18:30, and Saturday 10:00 to 20:30.
Where to buy
| Ticket | The museum | GetYourGuide | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry | €14 | €14, sold by GetYourGuide | Either |
Tours worth paying for
The Thyssen’s audio guide is €5.50 at the museum. The one Thyssen listing on GetYourGuide is the entry ticket, at the museum’s price, so the tour to book is a Prado or Reina Sofía guide, not a Thyssen one: see the Prado and Reina Sofía pages. Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices, per person.
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What to see
Allow 2 hours 30 minutes. The collection holds almost 1,000 paintings from the late 13th century to the 20th, and the rooms are numbered in date order from room 1, 14th-century Italian painting. The museum often lends works, so a room can hold a replacement and a notice.
- The Mauritshuis exhibition. Until 10 January 2027 the museum shows 25 Dutch paintings from the Mauritshuis in The Hague, dated 1615 to 1705, in three rooms, including Vermeer’s View of Delft. It is included in the ticket, and free on Mondays.
- Rooms 3, 11 and 12. Early Netherlandish painting of the 15th century (room 3), then Titian, Tintoretto, Bassano and El Greco (room 11) and Caravaggio and the Baroque (room 12). Duccio, Van Eyck and Dürer are in the collection too.
- Room 29. Goya and Romanticism, in the 19th-century European painting.
- The 19th and 20th centuries. Canaletto, Monet, Degas, Morisot, Van Gogh and Gauguin, then Kirchner, Mondrian, O’Keeffe and Hopper.
What to skip: the ground-floor exhibition on a short visit. It has a time slot and adds about 50 minutes. Kenny Scharf and Seba Calfuqueo are the other temporary exhibitions on show.
Practical information
- Where: Paseo del Arte, Paseo del Prado 8. Metro Banco de España (line 2) or Atocha (line 1).
- Photography: allowed without flash, except where a sign says not.
- The one thing that ruins a visit: Monday’s four hours. The museum opens 12:00 to 16:00 and admits until 15:30, so arrive by 13:30 for the 2 hours 30 minutes the museum suggests.
- A time slot is needed only for the ground-floor exhibition.
The Prado and the Reina Sofía are on the same avenue, and the Paseo del Arte card covers all three. Free things to do in Madrid lists every free window, museums in Madrid covers the smaller ones, and what to book before you go to Madrid has the closed days for every sight.
Common questions
How much is the Thyssen Museum in Madrid?
General admission is €14. Over 65s, pensioners and students pay €10, and a group of seven or more pays €12 each. Under 18s are free. An audio guide adds €5.50.
When is the Thyssen free?
On Mondays from 12:00 to 16:00, for the collection and the exhibitions, and on Saturdays from 21:00 to 23:00, for the temporary exhibitions on the ground floor and level -1. No ticket is required in either window.
Is the Thyssen open on Mondays?
Yes, from 12:00 to 16:00 only, and admission is free. On every other day except Saturday it opens 10:00 to 19:00, and on Saturday 10:00 to 23:00.
How long does the Thyssen take?
About 2 hours 30 minutes. A temporary exhibition on the ground floor adds about 50 minutes, and the museum says the quietest time is usually 14:00 to 16:00.
Do I need a time slot for the Thyssen?
Only for the temporary exhibition on the ground floor, which has limited capacity. Otherwise the ticket works at any time on the chosen day.
Is photography allowed in the Thyssen?
Yes, without flash, except where a sign says otherwise. Drawing is allowed in graphite pencil only.
What is the Vermeer exhibition at the Thyssen?
Mauritshuis and Thyssen-Bornemisza: Masterpieces from The Hague, from 9 October 2026 to 10 January 2027. It shows 25 works from the Mauritshuis in The Hague, dated 1615 to 1705, including Vermeer's View of Delft, in exchange for 25 from the Thyssen.
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