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Free Museums in Madrid - Free Entry on Saturday Afternoons
Budget Travel in Madrid: Free Museums

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A list of museums in Madrid that have free entry on Saturday afternoons.

For more museums that are free on Saturdays, check out Madrid Museums that are free every day of the week.

For help in deciding where to go in Madrid, see this Top Ten Free Things to Do in Madrid.

An alternative to visiting Madrid's museums on their specific free days, you could get the Madrid Card, a discount card that offers free entry to lots of Madrid's best museums and attractions.

Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

The Reina Sofia is Madrid's world-famous modern art gallery - and it really does have free entry at weekends. That means you can see many works by Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso - including the latter's masterpiece, the Guernica - completely free. Also free Sundays (until 2pm).

Address: Santa Isabel 52, 28012 Madrid
Metro: Atocha

Museo del Traje (Garment Museum)

Museum chronicling the history of Spanish fashion. Also free Sundays.

Address: Avenida de Juan de Herrera 2, Madrid, 28040.
Metro: Ciudad Universidad

Museo Archeológico Nacional

An above-average archaeological museum, with its main attraction being a replica of a prehistoric cave. Also free on Sundays.

Address: c/ Serrano 13, Madrid, Spain
Metro: Serrano/Retiro

Museo del Ferrocarril (Railway Museum)

It's a railway museum, which means its a museum - about railways. Closed in August.

Address: Museo del Ferrocarril, Pº Delicias 61 - 28045
Metro: Delicias

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