Reina Sofía Museum

Tickets can be booked online, and visits before the free hours are given a time slot, as of Oct 2026. With an online ticket the museum suggests the Nouvel entrance. The Book box on this page shows partner tickets and current prices.

It shuts each week on Tuesday. Sunday hours are usually 10:00 AM–2:30 PM, and other open days run 10:00 AM–9:00 PM, as of Oct 2026. Next special hours: 9 November 2026: closed (this date may vary). Most open days run into the evening.

Free-admission hours fall near the end of each open day, but a free ticket is still needed and those visits are for individuals only, as of Oct 2026. Young visitors, seniors and students may also qualify for free entry at the ticket office; the museum's site lists the conditions.

Many visitors allow about 2–3 h for the collection floors and one temporary exhibition, as of Oct 2026. With so many works, following a single period at a time keeps it manageable. Guernica and its preparatory sketches alone often hold people for a while.

Guernica and the surrealist rooms are in the Sabatini Building, while the Nouvel building adds exhibition halls around a courtyard. Lifts link the floors in both buildings, as of Oct 2026. The cloister garden in the Sabatini building offers a quiet pause between floors.