Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas
State museum in a 19th-century mansion next to the Retiro, with a permanent collection devoted to everyday life and the decorative arts.
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Over het museum
The Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas was created in 1912 under the name Museo Nacional de Artes Industriales. A group of intellectuals and activists wanted to promote Spanish industrial arts and craftsmanship, and conceived the museum as a place of learning, modelled on the South Kensington Museum in London. Its first home was a flat on calle Sacramento, in the Madrid of the Habsburgs, where a director, a curator, a restorer and a librarian worked, and where workshops, courses, lectures and travelling exhibitions were organised.
Between the late 1920s and the early 1930s the institution was renamed Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas. Due to a lack of space, the museum moved in 1934 to number 12 of calle de Montalbán, a mansion built in 1878 by the architect José María Gómez for the Duchess of Santoña, which had housed the Escuela Superior de Magisterio. The State bought the building from the heirs in 1941 and, through successive extensions, quadrupled its capacity. Part of the original brick and granite façade, the Italian mosaic floors and the white marble imperial staircase survive from the original construction.
Today the museum displays on the second, third and fourth floors a permanent collection focused on everyday life: a 17th-century manor house, the transformation of the decorative arts in the Bourbon period, and an 18th-century Valencian kitchen with tiles. The ground and first floors are devoted to free temporary exhibitions, with attention to contemporary design.
Hoogtepunten
- Recreation of a 17th-century manor house with guadamecíes, Talavera and Teruel ceramics and goldwork
- 18th-century Valencian kitchen with tile scenes
- Late 18th-century Neapolitan crèche (nacimiento)
- Imperial marble staircase and Italian mosaic floors of the 1878 mansion
- Free admission on Sundays, Thursday afternoons and to temporary exhibitions
Vaste collectie
- Colección permanente: la vida cotidiana en las artes decorativas – On the second, third and fourth floors: a 17th-century manor house, decorative arts of the Bourbon period with a Neapolitan crèche, a Fernandine bedroom and an 18th-century Valencian kitchen.
- Opgericht
- 1912
- Beheerder
- Ministerio de Cultura
- Directie
- Sofía Rodríguez Bernis
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
| Volwassenen | € 3 |
|---|---|
| Met korting | € 1,50 |
| Groepen (vanaf 8 pers.) | –Group visits have a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 15 people, plus the guide. |
| Annual card | € 36,06 |
Gratis toegang: Every Sunday, Thursdays 17:00–20:00, Saturdays 14:00–15:00, 18 April, 18 May, 12 October and 6 December (unless they fall on a Monday), and from July to September because of the partial closure of rooms due to high temperatures.
Temporary exhibitions are always free. Up to five tickets can be reserved online. Cash and card payments are accepted. Season passes and combined cards for the state museums are available.
Toegankelijkheid
- Rolstoeltoegankelijk
- Lift
- Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
- Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
- Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
- Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
- Rondleidingen in gebarentaal
- Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
- Audiodescriptie: geen informatie
There is an access ramp very close to the main entrance, which is used on prior notice or by ringing the intercom at calle de Montalbán, 12. The small lift (door 69 cm; interior 82 × 110 cm) reaches floors 2, 3 and 4, and the ground floor is also accessible; the museum's wheelchairs are used and must be requested in advance. There are induction loops, personal induction loops and portable hearing amplification devices, and a programme of activities with a Spanish Sign Language interpreter. The museum also runs activities for people with disabilities.
Kinderen & gezin
Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen
- Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
The museum offers children's and family workshops (from ages 5, 6 and 9), storytelling from age 3, summer camps and school programmes, with registration via an online form.
Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
Met het openbaar vervoer
Retiro y Banco de España (metro, línea 2)
Metro: Banco de España and Retiro (line 2). Cercanías: Recoletos. EMT buses: plaza de Cibeles (lines 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 14, 15, 20, 27, 34, 37, 45, 51, 52, 53, 74, 146 and 150) and Puerta de Alcalá (lines 1, 2, 9, 15, 19, 20, 28, 51, 52, 74 and 146).
Met de auto
Public car parks on calle de Serrano; the one on calle de Montalbán is closed for works. Bicycle parking on calle de Montalbán, no. 1.
Nearby BiciMAD stations: no. 65, calle de Antonio Maura, and no. 86, plaza de la Independencia. Cycle lane along calle de Serrano.
Route plannenService & horeca
- Museumwinkel
- Garderobe
- Kluisjes
- Wifi
Free wifi for visitors: the network name and password are requested at the ticket desk in the foyer. Coin lockers for one-euro coins (or tokens from the ticket desk). Publications on sale at the ticket desk.
Evenementen & zaalverhuur
Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.
Je bezoek plannen
| Rondleidingen | ja |
|---|---|
| Aanbod voor scholen | ja |
| Goed om te weten | Guided tours of the permanent collection on floors 2, 3 and 4 are led by cultural volunteers of CEATE, for groups and individual visitors; there are no volunteer tours during school holidays or of the temporary exhibitions. Groups of 8 to 15 people book 15 days in advance; with their own guide, the visit cannot exceed 60 minutes. Information material can be consulted at the ticket desk or via QR codes along the route. Some rooms of the manor house are being renovated, and the glass room of La Granja is closed for refurbishment. |
