How to visit and what to see at the Carmen Thyssen Museum (Málaga): schedules, prices

One of the great events that have contributed to the cultural resurgence of the Malaga city, riding a Andalusia, has undoubtedly been the opening of the Carmen Thyssen Museum, which took place in the spring of 2011.

Since then it has become one of the three museums that I consider essential visits on your trip to Malaga, Together with Picasso Museum and the very interesting automobile museum.

El Carmen Thyssen Museum You find it in the historic center of Malaga, on the narrow pedestrian street of the company, which leaves from the northwest corner of the Constitution Plaza.

This new museum is located in the Villalon Palace, a palatial building from the 16th century, which was completely restored to house it.

In fact, except for the façade, when you walk through the rooms of the museum, you do not recognize the historical roots of the building at all, since the different rooms are distributed in annex buildings with a very modern design.

Of course, you identify the palace by its beautiful and renovated Renaissance style facade and through the central patio, with galleries with arcades.

If you have visited the Museo Thyssen Bornemisza en Madrid, you may be surprised by the collection that you are going to see in the Malaga museum.

What to see when visiting the Carmen Thyssen museum

At the outset you should know that it shows the personal collection of Carmen Thissen (hence its name...), which corresponds, logically, to the personal tastes of the baroness.

Thus, compared to the great prominence that Italian painting has in the Madrid museum, in the Carmen Thyssen Museum in Malaga Above all, Spanish painting from the 19th century is shown and, especially, andalusian painting.

And that is perhaps the great attraction of your walk through the Malaga museum, where you will be able to see many customary works that will allow you to discover the lifestyle in Andalusia during the 19th century, where topics such as flamenco or bullfighting prevail.

In this thematic section you will see works by Manuel Cabral, Rafael Benjumea o Jose Garcia Ramos.

But in the Carmen Thyssen Museum You will also see works by old masters, such as Zurbaran, or romantic landscapes of Manuel Barron, Fritz Bamberger y Andrés Cortés and Aguilar.

Other notable artists from whom you can also see works are Maria Fortuny, to the hole, Sorolla, Julio Romero de Torres, Dario de Regoyos y José Benlliure.

Carmen Thyssen Museum opening hours

The Visiting hours of the Carmen Thyssen Museum in Malaga They are, from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 20 p.m. (closed on Mondays, except on holidays), with last entry half an hour before closing.

Carmen Thyssen museum ticket prices

The ticket prices to visit the permanent collection are 10 euros, the general one, and 6 euros, the reduced one, which benefits seniors +65, pensioners, disabled people, students under 26 years of age, Youth Card, residents of Malaga and large families. .

These prices also allow you to visit temporary exhibitions, and the price of general admission to the museum when there are no temporary exhibitions is 7 euros.

They can visit the Carmen Thyssen museum for free those under 18 years of age, unemployed and students of the University of Malaga.

Furthermore, the entire public can visit the museum for free every Sunday, starting at 16 p.m., and the entrance price is only 6 euros if you visit the museum between 14,30:16 p.m. and XNUMX euros.

There is also a combined entry 8 euros (4,5 euros for the reduced price) to visit the permanent and temporary collections.