Prado National Museum

Madrid is a very important destination in Spain and the place is noted for the numerous tourist destinations here. Prado National Museum is one such museum in Madrid which sees people from all over the world flocking here to come and see the amazing collection of masterpieces here collected and gathered from all over the world. The museum is a must watch for all art lovers and art connoisseurs from all over the world. Prado National Museum is one such important destination in Madrid housing an amazing collection of masterpieces of art by all Spanish artists and painters.

Prado National Museum was established by the wife of King Ferdinand V11 who was a patron of art and the museum includes a great variety of works by El Graco, Titian and Rubens and with these collections the Prado National Museum is indeed a favorite with all art lovers. In 1819 the Museum was first opened to the public as a Royal Museum in 1819.

The Prado National Museum hosted an amazing collection of works from the Museum of La Trinidad and the main reason for the establishment of the museum was only to preserve the works of art which have all been almost destroyed by the destruction of the Monasteries. However the Villanueva building of the Prado is famous for hosting the most comprehensive collection of paintings collected from all over the world.

The museum also houses paintings by the famous artists and painters like Santa Cruz and Nicholas Frances and of course the famous El Graco and masterpieces by Goya. There are about almost 150 works by the noted painter and 450 of his drawings.

The museum also goes on to host the best works of Flemish Scholl and there are 70 pieces of his work and there are also 600 items from Italian painters. The museum also goes on to house some amazing pieces of glasses, tableware and jewelery.

All those wishing to visit the museum cannot tour the entire museum in one whole day and needs to take at least two days to visit the place.

Address of the Museum:

Prado National Museum
Ruiz de Alarcon, 23 , Madrid
Telephone - 0034 913 302 800

All those who wish to gather some information on the Prado National Museum can do so by clicking on the following website: www.museoprado.mcu.es

Thus all art lovers are welcome to come and visit the place as it is a must for all art lovers.