A ticket to the Lázaro Galdiano Museum costs 8 euros, or 5 euros reduced, and from 2pm to 3pm, Tuesday to Friday, it costs nothing. The museum fills a collector’s mansion at Calle de Serrano 122, with close to 5,000 pieces on show across four floors: Bosch, Goya, Velázquez and El Greco alongside enamels, swords and coins. It opens Tuesday to Sunday from 9.30am, closes at 3pm at weekends and reopens from 4.30pm to 7.30pm Tuesday to Friday. The garden is free to wander, and Gregorio Marañón Metro is about 600 metres away.
Is the Lazaro Galdiano Museum free? The Lázaro Galdiano Museum is free for everyone from 2pm to 3pm, Tuesday to Friday, with last entry at 2.45pm; a general ticket costs 8 euros at other times. Children under 7 with an adult, teachers, people registered as unemployed and visitors with a disability of 33 percent or more enter free at any time.
- Price: 8 euros general, 5 euros reduced
- Free: Tuesday to Friday, 2pm to 3pm
- English: free app guide
- Getting there: Gregorio Marañón Metro, lines 7 and 10
Free hour or 8 euros ticket at the Lázaro Galdiano?
The free hour at the Lázaro Galdiano Museum gives you 55 minutes at most, from 2pm entry to the 2.55pm clearing, and the building then shuts until 4.30pm. The 8 euros ticket buys an unhurried visit of all four floors. If this is your only chance to go, pay; if you only want a few paintings, go at 2pm and allow the full 55 minutes.
The museum’s own guided tour costs 12 euros, or 8 euros reduced, and is free for anyone who already enters free. It runs on Wednesday at 12.30pm, Friday at 12.30pm and 6pm, and Saturday at 11am and 12.30pm, and you can book it online. For English speakers, the free app guide is the simpler option: it covers the collection in Spanish, English and French.
What are the opening hours and when is the free hour?
The Lázaro Galdiano Museum opens Tuesday to Friday from 9.30am to 3pm and from 4.30pm to 7.30pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 9.30am to 3pm. Entry is free for everyone from 2pm to 3pm, Tuesday to Friday only. It closes every Monday and on 24, 25 and 31 December 2026.
Entry stops 15 minutes before each closing time and rooms are cleared 5 minutes before, so walking in at 2.40pm leaves you a quarter of an hour. For other museums’ free times, see free museums in Madrid; on a Monday, when this one is shut, the Thyssen opens free on Mondays and so do the Fundación MAPFRE exhibitions in the afternoon.
Who gets a reduced or free ticket?
The 5 euros reduced rate that the Foundation sets covers over-65s, students with a valid card, large families and children aged 7 to 10 with an adult, shown at the desk or when buying online. Entry is free at any time for children under 7 with an adult, people registered as unemployed, visitors with a disability of 33 percent or more, teachers and members of ICOM.
Compared with Madrid’s eight state museums at 3 euros, explained in Madrid’s state museums guide, this is a private foundation with its own pricing. Photography and video are banned in every room.
Which works to see at the Lázaro Galdiano Museum
The Lázaro Galdiano Museum fills the four floors of the Parque Florido mansion that the collector José Lázaro Galdiano built, all on the one ticket. The first floor holds Spanish art from the 15th to 19th centuries, including Goya; the second, the main European schools with enamels and miniatures; the third, the collector’s cabinet of textiles, weapons and coins. The ground-floor Treasure Chamber is closed.
Among the 30 masterpieces the museum highlights are:
- El Aquelarre by Francisco de Goya (1797-1798) and Cabeza de muchacha by Diego Velázquez.
- Meditaciones de San Juan Bautista by Hieronymus Bosch and San Francisco en éxtasis by El Greco.
- El Salvador adolescente by Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio and a Lucas Cranach of the Christ Child adored by John the Baptist.
- El camino de East Bergholt a Flatford by John Constable (1812), the English landscape in the house.
- The Limoges enamels, a sword by Giacomo Magnolino dated 1486 and the Taza Aldobrandini silver cup.
Until 31 January 2027, close to sixty paintings from the collection hang in Granada at the Fundación Unicaja show La sombra de Goya en el Museo Lázaro Galdiano. If one picture is your reason to go, ask at the ticket desk whether it is on the wall before you pay. Goya’s frescoes are also in Madrid, at the Goya pantheon in San Antonio de la Florida, which charges no entry.
How the Lázaro Galdiano compares with the Prado and the Thyssen
The Lázaro Galdiano Museum costs less than the two big art museums and has a shorter free window. Where the Prado charges 15 euros and the Thyssen charges 14 euros, their free slots fall at different times of day, so the three can share one Madrid week without clashing.
| Museum | General ticket | Free entry | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museo del Prado | 15 euros | Monday to Saturday 6pm to 8pm, Sunday 5pm to 7pm | The great Spanish masters |
| Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza | 14 euros | Monday 12pm to 4pm | Western art in one sweep |
| Museo Lázaro Galdiano | 8 euros | Tuesday to Friday 2pm to 3pm | Bosch and Goya in a house |
The garden on Calle de Serrano is open without a ticket during museum hours, except on days when an event books it. Until 15 November 2026 it holds outdoor sculpture from Entre la retícula y la vida, a show organised with Arte Madrid for Apertura Madrid Gallery Weekend. The route for a short Prado visit is in what to see at the Prado in two hours.
How to fit the Lázaro Galdiano into a day in Madrid
The Lázaro Galdiano Museum works as a Tuesday-to-Friday morning from 9.30am, finishing before the 3pm closure, or as the 2pm free hour. Saturday and Sunday it shuts at 3pm; avoid Mondays, when it does not open at all.
Madrid meal times run late, so the free hour fits before a late lunch in the Salamanca district, whose streets are covered in the Salamanca district guide. The other collector’s house in Madrid, the Cerralbo Museum, costs 3 euros and sits near Plaza de España. The house of the Sorolla Museum, about 740 metres away on foot, is closed for works.
How to get to the Lázaro Galdiano Museum by Metro or bus
Gregorio Marañón Metro station, on lines 7 and 10, is about 600 metres from the Lázaro Galdiano Museum on foot. Rubén Darío, on line 5, is about 650 metres away, and Núñez de Balboa, on lines 5 and 9, about a 10-minute walk.
Pick the station by your line: Gregorio Marañón from lines 7 or 10, Rubén Darío from line 5, Núñez de Balboa from line 9. By bus, the EMT runs lines 9, 16, 19 and 51 along Calle de Serrano, line 12 along María de Molina, and lines 7, 14, 27, 40, 145 and 150 along the Paseo de la Castellana. The museum entrance is through the garden gate at Serrano 122.
Who might not enjoy the Lázaro Galdiano Museum
The Lázaro Galdiano Museum can disappoint visitors chasing a single famous canvas, since its appeal lies in a whole house of mixed collections. Travellers short of time should know the third floor is cases and drawers, and that 55 free minutes do not cover four floors.
- No photos. Photography and video are banned in every room.
- Jewellery off view. The Treasure Chamber is closed with no reopening date announced.
- Gaps on the walls. Paintings on loan to Granada are away until 31 January 2027.
- Short weekends. Saturday and Sunday it shuts at 3pm.
Frequently asked questions about the Lázaro Galdiano Museum
Is the Lazaro Galdiano Museum free?
Yes, for everyone from 2pm to 3pm, Tuesday to Friday. Last entry is 2.45pm and rooms are cleared from 2.55pm, so arriving at 2pm gives you 55 minutes. There is no free slot at weekends. Children under 7 with an adult, teachers and people registered as unemployed enter free at any time.
How much is a ticket to the Lazaro Galdiano Museum?
A general ticket costs 8 euros and a reduced one 5 euros, for over-65s, students with a valid card, large families and children aged 7 to 10 with an adult. The museum’s own guided tour costs 12 euros, or 8 euros reduced, and is free for visitors who enter free.
What are the Lazaro Galdiano Museum opening hours?
Tuesday to Friday from 9.30am to 3pm and again from 4.30pm to 7.30pm; Saturday and Sunday from 9.30am to 3pm. The Lázaro Galdiano Museum is closed every Monday and on 24, 25 and 31 December 2026. Entry stops 15 minutes before each closing time.
Is there an audio guide in English at the Lazaro Galdiano Museum?
Yes. The Lázaro Galdiano Museum offers a free app guide in Spanish, English and French, which runs on your own phone. The Spanish version adds audio description and sign language. Photography and video are not allowed anywhere in the rooms, so plan to look rather than shoot.
How do I get to the Lazaro Galdiano Museum?
The nearest Metro station is Gregorio Marañón, on lines 7 and 10, about 600 metres away on foot. Rubén Darío, on line 5, is about 650 metres away. The entrance is through the garden at Calle de Serrano 122, in the Salamanca district.
Go for the house as much as the paintings: the free hour shows a few rooms, a paid morning shows the collector.