Lope de Vega was born in Madrid in 1562 and became one of the 17th-century's major dramatists, along with Calderón de la Barca. House-Museum of Lope de Vega is the house where he lived from 1610 until his death in 1635. Those 25 years were a troubled period in the writer's adventurous life. He was banished from Madrid for eight years because he wrote insulting poems about Elena Osorio (the daughter of an important theatrical impresario) with whom he had a five-year relationship. She eventually abandoned him for a wealthy lover. The two-story house is ironically located in Calle Cervantes and has been arranged to represent the historical period in which the writer lived. It first opened to the public in 1935.
This characteristic 18th-century palace has been converted into a museum that captures the essence of middle-class life in the city during the 19th Century. You'll see an interesting collection of household objects like lamps, furniture, china and pianos, laid out in different rooms decorated with portraits of the Royal Family and important politicians and military leaders of the era. The walls are also hung with portraits of popular artists of the time, like Salvador Gutiérrez, Ribera, Madrazo, Alenza and Esquivel. You can even wander through the ballroom where famous writers, such as Béquer, Campoamor and Martínez Campos used to gather for literary evenings. There's a room entirely given over to the life of Romantic period novelist, Mariano José de Larra.
Este lugar contém milhares de artefatos pré-históricos e os restos das civilizações antigas que estiveram na Itália, na Grécia, no Chipre e no Egipto. Um dos destaques é a reprodução das cavernas de Altamira, no norte da Espanha, com suas fascinantes pinturas rupestres pré-históricas (aberto das 11 da manhã e 17:30- 18:30). Há uma biblioteca de pesquisa, bem como as instalações de vídeo e slide-shows.
The Museo del Traje (Museum of Clothing), was awarded the National Prize for Architecture in 1969. The museum displays period clothing and has an in-house team that preserves, maintains and catalogs the displays. The museum houses historical dresses, contemporary and popular costumes, jewelery, household equipments, textile fabrics, leisure and economical activity items, religious products and even documentary of important figures of Spain. Costumes are not displayed for long as they are of the 18th and 19th Centuries and most of them are fragile. Hence, every six months there is change of display.
The Museo Lazaro Galdiano is a mansion of the Lazaro family converted into a museum. The aesthetic taste of the museum is reflective of the literary and artistic supporters who valued and contributed in the 1900s. The museum has a very regal and Spanish influence to it's structure, which is evident in it's interiors. Famous Spanish artists like El Greco, Velázquez, Zurbarán, Ribera, Murillo and Valdés-Leal have their work displayed here. Artifacts, jewelry, medieval armor, swords, daggers and royal seals still hold the charm of the bygone era and provide visitors a glimpse of the beautiful history.