
4.3 ·
Visit Museo ABC, a free illustration museum in a bold modern building in Madrid. Browse drawings and early magazine covers, then have a coffee in the museum café.
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Museo ABC sits in a striking, design-led building and focuses on graphic art and illustration connected to ABC, one of Spain's most important newspapers. The ground floor shows student work, and a lower level hosts exhibitions of graphic arts, including covers from the early illustrated magazine Blanco y Negro.
Entry is free and a café is on site. Reviewers praise the building and the quality of the drawings, while noting the collection is compact.
The surrounding neighbourhood has many independent cafés, bars and restaurants, so 45 minutes in the museum pairs easily with a meal nearby.
Museo ABC sits in a striking, design-led building and focuses on graphic art and illustration connected to ABC, one of Spain's most important newspapers. The ground floor shows student work, and a lower level hosts exhibitions of graphic arts, including covers from the early illustrated magazine Blanco y Negro.
Entry is free and a café is on site. Reviewers praise the building and the quality of the drawings, while noting the collection is compact.
The surrounding neighbourhood has many independent cafés, bars and restaurants, so 45 minutes in the museum pairs easily with a meal nearby.
Duration
45 min
Best time
morning, lunchtime, afternoon or early evening
Intensity
Easy pace
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This is a fantastic building with some wonderful artworks. The ground floor has some student works many of true quality and talent. You descend one floor to see an exhibition of graphic arts from the early 1900s on. You descend to the main exhibition space which has a moving collection of work depiction the trauma of…
G Mac
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