Lázaro Galdiano Museum, Art museum in Salamanca district, Madrid, Spain.
The Lázaro Galdiano Museum presents around 4,820 artworks across four floors in a mansion built in 1903, among them paintings, bronzes, ceramics, and weapons. The rooms lead through periods from the 6th century to the 19th century and feature works by Goya, El Greco, Hieronymus Bosch, and Velázquez.
José Lázaro Galdiano donated his collection of 12,000 objects to the Spanish state in 1947, which led to the opening of the museum in January 1951. The building itself was designed as a private residence for the collector and his family at the beginning of the 20th century.
The collection bears the name of publisher and scholar José Lázaro Galdiano, whose interest in Spanish and European art spanned centuries. Visitors today see the result of a lifetime passion for painting, sculpture, and decorative objects from across Europe.
The museum opens Tuesday through Sunday from 9:30 to 15:00 and offers wheelchair access, audioguides, and lockers for visitors. The rooms are spread across several floors, so plan time for climbing stairs.
The building preserves its baroque painted ceilings and houses a research library containing medieval manuscripts and letters from Lope de Vega. Some rooms feel like privately inhabited salons since the original furnishings remained in place.
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