Madrid - Museo Cerralbo 
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The Palacio Cerralbo lies near the busy Plaza de España and the aristocratic Paseo de Rosales. Its owner, Enriquede Aguilera y Gamboa, Marquis of Cerralbo, bequeathed it and its art treasures to the State in 1922.
The museum, opened in 1924, displays a varied collection, including archeological material of the Iberian, Punic and Roman periods, Meissen, Buen Retiro, Sèvres and Wedgwood porcelain, arms and armor, tapestries and furniture of different periods.
The collection of pictures includes works by such masters as El Greco, Zurbarán, Alonso Cano, Ribera, Valdés Leal, Carreño, Tintoretto, Tiepolo and Goya.
The museum, opened in 1924, displays a varied collection, including archeological material of the Iberian, Punic and Roman periods, Meissen, Buen Retiro, Sèvres and Wedgwood porcelain, arms and armor, tapestries and furniture of different periods.
The collection of pictures includes works by such masters as El Greco, Zurbarán, Alonso Cano, Ribera, Valdés Leal, Carreño, Tintoretto, Tiepolo and Goya.
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Address:
Museo Cerralbo, Ventura Rodriguez 17, E-28008 Madrid, Spain
Hours:
9:30am-2:30pm; Sun: 10am-2pm; Closed: Mon
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), Madrid Day - Spain (May 2), May Day / Labor Day (May 1), Christmas - Christian (December 25), Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24)
Tips: Photography prohibited.
Closed on holidays.
Transit: Metro: Plaza de Espana; Bus: 1, 2, 44, 74, N8, C.
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