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The Museum of Thyssen-Bornemisza. The Museum of Thyssen-Bornemisza is one of the best museums in Madrid. It's based on the private collection of Baron Hans Henry Thyssen-Bornemisza. Time passes and a great part of the collection went to the Spanish government. The exposition contains the works of the 13th – 20th centuries, among which there are paintings by Goya, Rembrandt, Pieter Mondriaan and Picasso. Together with the Prado Museum and the Reina Sofia the Museum of Thyssen-Bornemisza creates so-called 'Golden Triangle'.

The Prado Museum. The Prado Museum, which is nowadays one of the most famous museums in the world, basically wasn't a museum of art. In 1785 King Carlos III ordered to create a museum of natural history. The building works lasted for a long time (for almost 35 years) and when everything was finished, there started to be kept the collection of art that belonged to the Spanish Royal family. They exhibited the works by such great Spanish painters as Goya, Velázquez, and El Greco. In Prado one can look at the well-known works by Goya, among which there are some early porters of Carlos's IV family. In the museum you can also find 'The 2nd of May' and 'The 3rd of May' that are devoted to the insurrection against the French. On the first painting you'll see the insurrection itself and on the second one – the punishment of the rebels. The last years of his life the artist spent absolutely on his own, which cased depression and it surely can be noticed in his works.
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