Museo Picasso-Colección Eugenio Arias

About the museum

The Museo Picasso-Colección Eugenio Arias was the first museum created and opened by the Community of Madrid. Since 1985 it has occupied rooms in the Buitrago del Lozoya town hall, and it holds a collection that tells the story of a friendship: that of Pablo Picasso and Eugenio Arias, his barber during the last twenty-five years of his life, from 1948 to 1973.

Arias met Picasso in Vallauris, in the south of France, during the artist's exile. Over the years Picasso gave him various works as tokens of affection. When the exile ended, the barber wished the collection to remain in his home town, Buitrago, and ceded it in 1982.

The holdings are very varied: drawings, graphic works, photographs, ceramics, pyrographs and a cagafierro, as well as exhibition posters and books dedicated by the artist to Eugenio Arias.

Highlights

• Works dedicated and given by Picasso to his barber Eugenio Arias
• Drawings, graphic works, photographs and ceramics
• Exhibition posters and books dedicated by the artist
• First museum created by the Community of Madrid
• Free admission

Permanent exhibition

• Colección Picasso - Eugenio Arias – Drawings, graphic works, photographs, ceramics and pyrographs that Picasso gave to his barber and friend Eugenio Arias.

Founded

1985

Operated by

Comunidad de Madrid

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission, temporary exhibitions and activities organised by the Community of Madrid in this space are free of charge.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The museum is accessible for most people with a physical, intellectual or sensory disability. Guide dogs and identified assistance dogs may enter the rooms; information is available in easy-read format.

Kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

In 2026 the museum is running workshops under the title “Picasso en familia” (Picasso in the Family).

Getting there & parking

By car from Madrid via the A-1, exits 74, 75 or 76 (78 km).

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop
• Coat check: not available
• Lockers

Coin lockers under the entrance stairs for small bags (suitcases and cloakroom not available). Sales point with publications related to Picasso; card payment accepted.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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