Museum of the Americas

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• Anynomous

  21 February 2024

  It's a history museum that does its best to include things about the Americas from pre-Columbian times to the Era of Discovery by the Spanish mainly to Colonial life. The temporary exhibit about North American Natives was really cool and well organized. It's very informative and best of all it's free! (I was confused by the sign that listed their admission prices because I had read that this was a free museum). So at least as of December 2017 it is free. The museum is mostly in Spanish but the temporary exhibit was bilingual.

• Anynomous

  12 February 2024

  Nice building and layout, however not being kept up. The previously available English audio guide was no longer extant when we went. Many of the printed explanations were only in Spanish. Audio visual or other explanatory features were often not working. Overall we were disappointed because the exhibit space, layout, range and depth of material were very good but the accompanying explanations were not adequate for non-spanish speakers. Do not miss the best, which was the well displayed graphic codex, and gold accessories, toward the end.

• Anynomous

  23 December 2023

  Has a good collection of pre colloneal items. A knowledge almost lost. Strongly recommended

• Anynomous

  23 November 2023

  Has a good selection of pre-colombian artifacts. Definitely worth the visit.

• Anynomous

  03 October 2023

  Beautiful building and impressive collection. To be honest the collection could be better curated in terms of information and display but I'm being a bit picky on that point. Comfortable with drinking fountains, decent bathrooms and areas where one can sit. Well worth a visit.

• Anynomous

  13 September 2023

  One of the best museum about the new world

• Anynomous

  05 September 2023

  Exhibition about how grand spanish are in exploring new world

• Anynomous

  15 July 2023

  Distant from other sights in Madrid, and keeps peculiar opening hours--if walking to it, be sure to approach from the right-hand side of Calle Princessa when coming from the city center. If approaching from the side of Parque del Oeste, you'll end up with a detour of more than a kilometer. Interesting collection, if not the most imaginatively curated. Seemed mostly populated by (very loud) school groups during our visit, perhaps due to its lack of proximity to the city center.

• Anynomous

  05 May 2023

  Great museum. I had my doubt, since I'm from the Americas, I thought there'd be little I hadn't seen before, but clearly the Spanish stole a lot of junk from the Americas in the colonial era. It's very interesting to see it all collected, and learn more about how Europeans, and the Spanish in particular, saw the Americas at that time.

• Anynomous

  15 March 2024

  This is a huge museum! And absolutely beautiful. Just a note though: if you're not interested in the history of America (natives, hunting, slavery, religion), you should spend your precious tourist time somewhere else!