Agenda. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza

Hammershøi

Temporary Exhibition

The Eye that Listens

From 17 February to 31 May 2026

Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk. Pedagogies of War

Temporary Exhibition

Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk. Pedagogies of War

From 3 March to 21 June 2026

Rauschenberg: Express. On the Move

Special display

Rauschenberg: Express. On the Move

From 3 February to 24 May 2026

Ewa Juszkiewicz

Temporary Exhibition

Ewa Juszkiewicz

From 26 May to 6 September 2026

Irma Álvarez-Laviada. Inside and outside the Frame

Temporary Exhibition

Irma Álvarez-Laviada. Inside and outside the Frame

From 23 February to 3 May 2026

Guercino and his Biblical Heroines

Small format exhibition

Guercino and his Biblical Heroines

From 16 March to 14 June 2026

Gaza, where life endures

Special display

Gaza, where life endures

From 18 May to 14 June 2026

An hour at the Thyssen

Guided visit online

An hour at the Thyssen

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.

General public

Secrets in artworks of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection

Guided visit online

Secrets in artworks of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection

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.

General public

Guided tour of the Masterpieces of the museum

Guided tour of the Masterpieces of the museum

Until June 2026

You have the opportunity to explore, along with one of our experts, the greatest masters’ canvases, with an exclusive tour that let you discover all the secrets, anecdotes and curiosities of some of the most iconic paintings in the History of Art.

General public

Focus on the temporary exhibition: Hammershøi. The eye that listens

Focus on the temporary exhibition: Hammershøi. The eye that listens

Preview: 15 February. Guided tours: 22 February / 1 and 9 March / 10 May 2026. Virtual guided tour: 6 May

Friends have the chance to enjoy a preview of the exhibition devoted to the Danish artist Vilhem Hammershøi the day before it opens, as well as to participate in private guided tours with the option of different formats, dates and times.

Friends

Guided tours of the temporary exhibition Hammershøi. The eye that listens

Guided tours of the temporary exhibition Hammershøi. The eye that listens

From 17 February to 31 May 2026

On Saturdays and Sundays from February to May 2026 the museum will be offering guided tours of the exhibition Hammershøi. The eye that listens, the first retrospective in Spain to be devoted to the Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916).

General public

The whispers of the Big Bang (A walk throug the Thyssen and the origin of the universe)

The whispers of the Big Bang (A walk throug the Thyssen and the origin of the universe)

Every Friday in March and June 2026

What if you could see some of the most representative paintings of the museum in a completely original and unique way? The whispers of the Big Bang is an activity that combines art and science by proposing,

General public

Concerts at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía

Concerts at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía

13 March, 10 April, 22 and 28 May 2026

Friends of the museum have the opportunity to enjoy some of the concerts organised by the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía [Reina Sofía School of Music], thanks to an agreement signed in 2019 and renewed annually.

Friends

Lecture series Hammershøi. The Eye that Listens

Lecture series Hammershøi. The Eye that Listens

From 22 April to 13 May 2026

To coincide with the exhibition, the museum is organising a series of lectures focusing on the Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershøi.

General public

In situ / Ex situ

In situ / Ex situ

From 23 April to 20 June 2026

Following the success of the first edition, the museum is now offering the second part of the course In situ / Ex situ sponsored by Visit Flanders, which focuses on the evolution of Flemish painting in the 20^th and 21^st centuries.

Friends

#VersionaThyssen XXV

#VersionaThyssen XXV

From 27 April to 17 May. Awards ceremony: 29 May 2026

We invite creators from all over the world to reinterpret works from the collection for a chance to win new prizes. For the first time, and to celebrate the XXV edition of Versiona Thyssen, we are removing the age limit: anyone aged 16 and over can take part on Instagram in this competition, which has no restrictions on artistic discipline or theme.

General public

Travelling with the painting. Berlin/Potsdam

Travelling with the painting. Berlin/Potsdam

From 28 April to 2 May / From 30 April to 4 May 2026

The museum is organising a new edition of Travelling with the painting, in which Friends have the opportunity to follow in the work’s footsteps and enjoy private and exclusive visits during a five-day trip.

Friends

Entangled worlds: the mysteries of quantum physics

Entangled worlds: the mysteries of quantum physics

Every Friday in May 2026

Entangled worlds is an original guided tour that brings together art and science through quantum physics. This is an informal scientific talk, illustrated with masterpieces from the museum's permanent collection which help us to understand complex and extremely beautiful scientific concepts.

General public

A different Thyssen: Hostile architecture with Polinho Trapalleiro and Helio Roque

A different Thyssen: Hostile architecture with Polinho Trapalleiro and Helio Roque

Young Friends have the opportunity to take part in a tour of different streets in Madrid in an activity centred on hostile architecture and its presence in the urban environment, led by illustrator and architect Polinho Trapalleiro and journalist and influencer Helio Roque.

Young Friends

This is not a label, by Alexa Jeanne Kusber

This is not a label, by Alexa Jeanne Kusber

This workshop invites visitors to actively engage with the exhibition Pedagogies of War by collaboratively rewriting the texts and labels accompanying the artworks.

General public

Kay Zevallos Villegas: Primi-tive: like a plant in the earth&nbsp;

Kay Zevallos Villegas: Primi-tive: like a plant in the earth

Through a route around the museum and making use of sound, touch and smell, the artist moves from artifice to a body covered in scales, inverting the Western gaze through Amazonian drag.

General public

Pedagogies of War

International Museum Day 2026

Pedagogies of War

To mark International Museum Day, which this year invites reflection on the role of art centres as bridges across cultural, social and geopolitical divides, the museum, in collaboration with TBA21, is organising four free, guided tours of the exhibition Pedagogies of War by Ukrainian artists Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk.

General public

Gaza, where life endures

International Museum Day 2026

Gaza, where life endures

Within the context of International Museum Day, the museum is offering guided tours of Gaza, where life endures, an exhibition organised in conjunction with UNRWA Spain, the United Nations Agency for the Palestinian refugee population.

General public

Concert by the Choir of the Royal Casino of Madrid

International Museum Day 2026

Concert by the Choir of the Royal Casino of Madrid

To celebrate International Museum Day, the museum is presenting a concert by the Choir of the Royal Casino of Madrid. The programme offers a musical journey from the Renaissance to the present day, through “soundscapes” that express universal emotions such as love, nostalgia, spirituality and hope.

General public

Five works to unite a divided world

International Museum Day 2026

Five works to unite a divided world

The museum is celebrating International Museum Day with Five works to unite a divided world, a special activity inspired by the motto proposed by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) for this year: “Museums uniting a divided world”.

General public

Drum-Spinning: The Afro-diasporic weaving of song and drum, with Magdalena Moreno Morales

Drum-Spinning: The Afro-diasporic weaving of song and drum, with Magdalena Moreno Morales

Within the framework of the cycle Colonial Memory II. Tuning in to the whispers, the museum is presenting a sung conversation with the Afro-transvestite singer-songwriter and performing artist Magdalena Moreno Morales.

General public

The emergence of artistic genres: the Golden Age of Dutch painting

The emergence of artistic genres: the Golden Age of Dutch painting

22 May (online modality) / 24 May (in-person modality)

This session offers an analysis of works created for a cultured clientele that demanded civic portraits, domestic scenes, landscapes, cityscapes and seascapes. The museum's exceptional collection of 17^th-century Dutch painting allows for a detailed examination of this fruitful artistic period.

General public

The Homecoming, with Martina Novákova and Miguel Valentín

The Homecoming, with Martina Novákova and Miguel Valentín

Saturdays 23 and 30 May 2026

Martina Nováková and Miguel Valentín present a performative tour that brings audiences closer to the experience of war and its impact on everyday life and spatial perception.

General public

A different Thyssen: Dialogues with Latin America

A different Thyssen: Dialogues with Latin America

Young Friends have the opportunity to tour the collection with a focus on Latin America.

Young Friends

Focus on the collection. Painting and pain in the Thyssen-Bornemisza collections

Focus on the collection. Painting and pain in the Thyssen-Bornemisza collections

In-person: 24 and 31 May. Online: 27 May 2026

The new edition of Focus on the collection offers a thematic route around the permanent collection, exploring how pain has been represented over the centuries.

Friends

Focus on the work: Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the Well by Guercino

Focus on the work: Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the Well by Guercino

Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the Well by Guercino is the focus of the May edition of Focus on the work.

Friends

#VersionaThyssen XXV Awards

#VersionaThyssen XXV Awards

Walk through the rooms of the collection in semi-darkness and discover a selection of the versions of this edition, projected next to the original paintings. To close the ceremony, we’ll be joined by a concert from Las Petunias!

General public

Capsule Course: The Northern Lights. Tradition and avant-garde in Nordic painting

Capsule Course: The Northern Lights. Tradition and avant-garde in Nordic painting

From 29 May to 14 June 2026

The museum is presenting a short course offering a detailed focus on Nordic painting through the dialogue between tradition and modernity.

General public