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Reina Sofia
Reina Sofia

The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Reina Sofia) is Spain's national museum of 20th-century art. The museum, officially inaugurated in1992, is named for Queen Sofía. The museum is mainly dedicated to Spanish art. Highlights of the museum include excellent collections of Spain's two greatest twentieth-century masters, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí. Its most famous masterpiece is Picasso's painting Guernica.

The building is on the site of the first General Hospital of Madrid. King Philip II centralized all the hospitals that were scattered throughout the court. In the eighteenth century, King Ferdinand VI decided to build a new hospital. The building was designed by architect José de Hermosilla and his successor Francisco Sabatini, who did the majority of the work. In 1805, after numerous work stoppages, the building became a hospital, although only one-third of the proposed project was completed. Since then it has undergone various modifications and additions until, in 1969, it was closed down as a hospital.

Extensive modern renovations and additions to the old building were made starting in 1980. The central building of the museum was once the hospital. The building functioned as the Centro del Arte (Art Center) from 1986 until established as the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in 1988. In that year, portions of the new museum were opened to the public. Its architectural identity was radically changed in 1989 by Ian Ritchie with the addition of three glass circulation towers.

An 86,000-foot expansion by French architect Jean Nouvel opened in 2005. The extension includes spaces for temporary exhibitions, an auditorium of 500 seats, a 200-seat auditorium, bookshop, restaurants and administration offices.

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