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Lázaro Galdiano Museum: one man's collection in his own house

Few people find their way to this palace in a garden off the Calle Serrano, and those who do have its rooms almost to themselves. It holds the collection of one man, who bought paintings, jewels, swords, fans and manuscripts for fifty years and gave them all to Spain.

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    What to see at the Lázaro Galdiano Museum

    1. Goya

      The Witches' Sabbath of 1797 to 1798, with the great he-goat surrounded by witches offering it children, and other small paintings of witchcraft by Goya from the same years.

    2. Bosch and the Flemish

      Hieronymus Bosch's Saint John the Baptist in the wilderness, meditating beside a strange swollen plant, and Netherlandish panels around it.

    3. Spanish painting

      El Greco, Zurbarán, Murillo and works given to Velázquez, in rooms on the first floor.

    4. The jewels and enamels

      Cases of Renaissance pendants, medieval enamels from Limoges, carved ivories and small bronzes, the side of the collection Lázaro was proudest of.

    5. The house

      The painted ceilings, the staircase and the garden, open to all during the museum's hours, give the visit the air of calling on a collector at home.

    Tickets and tours for the Lázaro Galdiano Museum

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    Visiting the Lázaro Galdiano Museum: hours and admission

    Opening hours

    Tuesday to Friday
    9:30 to 15:00 and 16:30 to 19:30
    Saturday and Sunday
    9:30 to 15:00
    • Entry ends fifteen minutes before closing.
    • Closed on Mondays and on 24, 25 and 31 December.
    • On the day this was read, the treasure room was closed while its fittings were checked.

    Who gets in free

    • Everyone, from Tuesday to Friday from 14:00 to 15:00.
    • Children under seven with an adult, and the other visitors the museum's conditions name.

    Getting there

    Metro
    Rubén Darío (line 5) or Gregorio Marañón (lines 7 and 10), about ten minutes on foot.
    On foot
    The museum is on the Calle Serrano, at the northern end of the Salamanca district, half an hour on foot from the Retiro.
    By car
    The centre of Madrid is a low-emission zone, and parking in it is scarce and paid. Leave the car outside.

    Address

    Museo Lázaro Galdiano
    Calle Serrano 122
    28006 Madrid, Spain

    Entrances

    The entrance is through the garden gate on the Calle Serrano. The garden is open to everyone during the museum's hours. Photographs and video are not allowed inside.

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    Before you go

    • Entry is free for the last hour of the morning from Tuesday to Friday. The museum's site gives the times.
    • Photographs and video are not allowed inside.
    • The garden is free to walk in while the museum is open.
    • The Sorolla Museum, nearby on the Paseo del General Martínez Campos, had its house closed for works on the day this was checked.
    • Allow an hour and a half. The collection fills the house from the ground floor up.

    A collector's house, left to the nation

    José Lázaro Galdiano was a publisher and financier who spent his fortune on art. In 1903 he built himself a palace, which he called Parque Florido after his wife, Paula Florido, and had its ceilings painted for it.

    When he died in 1947 he left the house and more than twelve thousand objects to the Spanish state. The rooms were rearranged as a museum and opened in January 1951, keeping much of the feel of a private house.

    It is a cabinet of everything: Spanish painting from the fifteenth century to Goya, English portraits, Flemish panels, medieval enamels from Limoges, ivories, Renaissance jewellery and the arms and coins he hunted down across Europe.

    Lázaro Galdiano Museum: common questions

    What are the opening hours of the Lázaro Galdiano Museum?
    Tuesday to Friday: 9:30 to 15:00 and 16:30 to 19:30. Saturday and Sunday: 9:30 to 15:00. Entry ends fifteen minutes before closing. Closed on Mondays and on 24, 25 and 31 December. On the day this was read, the treasure room was closed while its fittings were checked.
    Is the Lázaro Galdiano Museum ever free?
    Everyone, from Tuesday to Friday from 14:00 to 15:00. Children under seven with an adult, and the other visitors the museum's conditions name.
    What does the ticket include?
    Entry to the Lázaro Galdiano Museum. An audio guide on your phone. It is sold by GetYourGuide.
    What is the Lázaro Galdiano Museum known for?
    For Goya's Witches' Sabbath, a Saint John the Baptist by Hieronymus Bosch, paintings by El Greco, Zurbarán and Murillo, and its jewellery, enamels and ivories, all collected by one man and shown in his house.
    Is the Lázaro Galdiano Museum free?
    Entry is free for one hour at the end of the morning from Tuesday to Friday, and always for some visitors. The museum's site gives the times and the conditions.
    How long does a visit take?
    About an hour and a half for the collection, and a little more with a walk in the garden.

    What visitors say about the Lázaro Galdiano Museum

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