Activities

Once again, we invite young artists and creators from around the world to let their imaginations run wild and reinterpret some of the works in the museum’s collection through their own unique lens.

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.

The second block of the course Routes around the collection, devoted to exploring the history of art through the museum’s collection, will focus on the artistic movements that arose between the 18th century and the early decades of the 20th century.

A different Thyssen is an experimental platform within LabThyssen that invites young creators to reinterpret the museum’s collection through contemporary perspectives.

The new edition of The Thyssen on the street offers Friends the chance to enjoy a guided tour of the exhibition The other Face of the Avant-garde at Fundación Mapfre

The museum has devised an online guided tour for Friends of In the shadow of Gaudí. The architect's essential collaborators, in partnership with the Friends of the National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC). 

The artist Seba Calfuqueo uses her body and clothing to narrate in a performance her personal relationship with the Cautín River and her sense of belonging to the territory. 

Soprano Núria Rial, accompanied by Carles Blanch on the baroque guitar and lute and Olegue Aymamí on the baroque cello, will be offering a journey through songs and dances to be heard at the courts of Madrid and The Hague in the 16th- and 17th-century.

The museum is offering visitors the chance to discover Dalí’s Freudian Universe with guided tours on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays during normal opening hours.

The fifth edition of the performance cycle by women artists, Vision and presence, is presenting ten new performances devised by Spanish and international artists to be staged in different spaces around the museum.

In this year’s second edition of Travelling with the painting Friends can visit The Hague in conjunction with the simultaneous exchange of twenty-five works between the Museo Thyssen and the Mauritshuis.

To coincide with the 61st International Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, there is a new destination in the “Short break” programme, which will offer Friends the chance to explore the artistic and cultural landscape of this Italian city.

Through listening, historical counternarrative, and performative action, the activities invite you to walk through the exhibition and see it with fresh eyes while reflecting on the connections between territory, identity, and memory.

This in-person activity is designed to introduce Friends to the works in the collection one by one, through an intimate and interactive session held once a month.

Budapest is the new destination for the series Travelling with the painting and Friends are invited to discover this Central European city.

Organismo | Art in Applied Critical Ecologies is an experimental applied research program developed by TBA21–Academy and Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. It weaves together situated investigation, critical theory, and speculative practices through a series of applied case studies developed in alliance with cultural, academic, and civic entities. 

The series The Thyssen Through the Eyes Of… comprises a series of events that invite museum staff to share their personal tours of the collection with participants. 

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.

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.