culture

January 17, 2026

How Madrid’s Prado Museum is trying to avoid becoming like ‘the Metro at rush-hour’

The famous gallery, home to masterpieces from Goya and Velázquez, is exploring how best to preserve, and improve, the visitor experience

How Madrid’s Prado Museum is trying to avoid becoming like ‘the Metro at rush-hour’

TL;DR

  • The Prado Museum director, Miguel Falomir, stated the museum has reached its ideal visitor capacity of 3.5 million.
  • Concerns were raised about potential overcrowding negatively affecting the visitor experience and the museum's operations.
  • The museum is exploring ways to enhance visitor experience by managing numbers, optimizing entrances, and rethinking group sizes.
  • A recent visit indicated that navigating the museum was relatively painless, with manageable crowds in most galleries.
  • Popular artworks, such as Las Meninas and The Garden of Earthly Delights, continued to attract significant attention and crowds.

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