Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, also called, El Reina Sofía, or simply El Reina is Spain’s national museum of 20th-century art.

Dedicated to Spanish art, the collection includes excellent collections of Spain’s two greatest 20th-century masters, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí. The most famous masterpiece in the museum is Picasso’s painting Guernica.

The museum also offers national and international temporary exhibitions, together with a free-access library specializing in art, with a collection of over 100,000 books, over 3,500 sound recordings, and almost 1,000 videos.

Lunar Bird “Oiseau lunaire (Pájaro lunar)” by Joan Miró, 1966 – Lunar Bird – Reina Sofía National Art Center Museum

Highlights of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

“Guernica” by Picasso, 1937
La casa de la palmera (House with Palm Tree) by Joan Miró, 1918
Woman with guitar by María Blanchard, 1917
Portrait of Tristan Tzara by Robert Delaunay, 1923
Violin and Guitar by Juan Gris, 1913
Omega 5, Dummy by Paul Klee, 1927,

Delicate Tension by Wassily Kandinsky, 1923 – Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

Name: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Also: Reina Sofía National Art Center Museum – Museo Reina Sofía, Queen Sofía Museum
City: Madrid
Country: Spain
Inaugurated: 1990
Type: Art Museum
Location: Madrid, Spain

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía – Map

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía – Virtual Tour

A Virtual Tour of Museums in Madrid

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

A Tour of European Museums

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The habit doesn’t make the monk.“
– Spanish Proverb

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Photo Credit: 1) Luis García [GFDL (gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons; Fred Romero from Paris, France / CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0); Wassily Kandinsky / CC0