Happy 200th Birthday, Museo del Prado!

peregrina2000

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• Jan 30, 2019

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One of the few drawbacks to my current practice of flying direct from Santiago to Madrid to USA is that I no longer need to spend a night in Madrid like I did when I took the train down. That means that my chances to visit the Prado are greatly reduced.

Though the camino is centuries older, this museum deserves a happy birthday shoutout, IMO.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/arts/design/prado-museum-madrid-200-anniversary.html

 

Anamya

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• Jan 30, 2019

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Last time I spent 6 hours in there... and only left because they closed the museum for the day!
Such an amazing place

 

John Crawford Howell

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• Feb 3, 2019

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And after the Prado, 3 minutes walk up the broad boulevard is the Museo Naval, one of the finest maritime museums in the world. If you like ships, and Spanish exploration, you will not be disappointed. I visit it every time I am in Madrid, and always discover new things to appreciate.

 

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• Feb 3, 2019

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peregrina2000 said:

Though the camino is centuries older, this museum deserves a happy birthday shoutout, IMO.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/arts/design/prado-museum-madrid-200-anniversary.html

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Definitely! One of my favourites museums !

 

peregrina2000

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• Mar 24, 2019

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Lots of good press for the Prado lately. Such a beautiful museum. And as the article notes, and my Portuguese friends remind me, it was the Portuguese wife of King Ferdinand VII who prodded him to create the museum! We can all be very thankful.

A 7-Hour, 6-Mile, Round-the-Museum Tour of the Prado (Published 2019)

On the year of the Madrid museum’s bicentennial, our writer visits every gallery, vestibule and passageway to see if he had missed anything on his previous 200 visits. He had.

www.nytimes.com

 

John Crawford Howell

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• Mar 25, 2019

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Please visit the Museo Naval even if you've only sailed a skiff...

 

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• Mar 25, 2019

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peregrina2000 said:

One of the few drawbacks to my current practice of flying direct from Santiago to Madrid to USA is that I no longer need to spend a night in Madrid like I did when I took the train down. That means that my chances to visit the Prado are greatly reduced.

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I'm in the same boat. It's easier on a tight schedule to fly in and out of Santiago.
Boo.
But...HAPPY BIRTHDAY Prado!!!

 

Bala

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• Mar 25, 2019

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Wonderful museum. Worth a layover for anyone who hasn't visited. And for those of us who have. Happy 200th!