It is hard to miss the two clashing halves of red-brick wall and a 'vertical garden' aesthetic that make up the CaixaForum's main façade, a clash which speaks for the aims of the museum as a whole: to mix past and present in art and architecture.
Throughouut the museum, which is in itself a majestic work of a work of art, visitors can find a mixture of contemporary and retrospective exhibitions from a range of eras and styles.
Address
Paseo del Prado 36, 28014 Madrid
Getting There
Metro: Line 1 (Atocha).
Rail: Atocha.
Bus: Routes 0, 14, 27, 34, 37 and 45 (Paseo del Prado); Routes 26, 32 and 6 (Calle Atocha).
One of the most popular art museums in Spain, this converted electricity...