Activities

A themed tour of the galleries aimed at families with children aged 7 to 12, in which they will take a trip through the paintings in order to discover various cities around the world and learn about a range of themes relating to the depiction of the city and travel in art.

Through our guided tours on weekends and public holidays you can learn in detail about the life and work of the artists, their influences and motivations, and why they became icons of art.

On the occasion of Gabriele Münter's first retrospective exhibition in Spain, the museum organizes a series of conferences in which a group of specialists analyze various aspects of his long and multifaceted career.

TBA21–Academy and Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza present Organismo | Art in Applied Critical Ecologies, an experimental independent study program connecting research, theory, and speculation through a series of focused case studies—regenerative interventions that explore different forms of alliance. 

On weekends from November to February the museum is offering guided tours of the exhibition devoted to Gabriele Münter (1877-1962), one of the founders of Der Blaue Reiter [The Blue Rider], the famous Expressionist artists’ group based in Munich.  

Friends have the chance to visit the exhibition before it opens to the public in the company of a guest  and also to take part in one of the private guided tours scheduled for various dates and times following the inauguration.

Through our guided tours on weekends and public holidays you can learn in detail about the life and work of the artists, their influences and motivations, and why they became icons of art.

Art and wine go hand in hand in a unique experience that joins the Thyssen with the symbolic Mercado de San Miguel. An interesting way to explore gastronomic culture and art.

Los Amigos tienen la oportunidad de recorrer la exposición antes de su apertura al público y con un acompañante, y de asistir a una de las visitas privadas organizadas en diversas fechas y horarios una vez inaugurada la exposición.

With this virtual guided tour you can travel through seven centuries of art history through fifteen masterpieces and delve deeper into our collection. Narrated by our curators, discover the little stories hidden in the paintings at any time and pause the guided tour whenever you want.

Take a closer look at the works in the collection from the point of view of the museum's restorers and you will learn about the treatments carried out on the paintings as well as some of the secrets and curiosities hidden in a selection of our Masterpieces.

In this new edition centred on winter we will be looking at this season in order to discover works in the museum that reflect nature and light at this time of the year, followed by a visit to the Royal Botanical Garden. 

Every year the Focus on the Collection programme offers Friends a guided tour of the Permanent Collection with the aim of offering detailed explanations of its contents. On this occasion the activity focuses on life at home as represented in paintings in the collection and invites participants to discover the way in which the spaces we call home have shaped our lives over the course of history.