Casa del Lector, Literary cultural center in Arganzuela district, Madrid, Spain
Casa del Lector is a literary center in Madrid spread across eight large warehouse spaces with reading areas, exhibitions, and workshops. The facility brings together different types of spaces designed specifically for experiencing and studying how people engage with books.
The center opened in 2012 as a project by the Germán Sánchez Ruipérez Foundation to create a space dedicated to researching and promoting how people read. Its founding reflected a mission to understand reading as a living practice that changes over time.
The center brings together readers and creators through exhibitions and events that mix literary works with visual art. Visitors experience how reading connects with other creative practices in contemporary culture.
The center is accessible by metro from Legazpi station on lines 3 and 6, and several buses also stop nearby. Weekend visits offer more flexibility since the center opens in the morning, while weekday visits work best in the late afternoon and evening hours.
The center conducts research into how people read in the present day and what changes in reading habits over time. It organizes special workshops and competitions that use theatrical techniques to deepen how visitors experience literature.
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