Royal Collections Gallery

The Royal Collections Gallery (Galería de las Colecciones Reales) is an art museum in Madrid run by Patrimonio Nacional. It occupies a new building above the Campo del Moro gardens, next to the Almudena Cathedral and the Royal Palace, and exhibits paintings, sculptures, tapestries, luxury objects, carriages and other pieces from the Spanish royal collection. The building was designed by the architects Mansilla + Tuñón; construction started in 2006 and was delayed by the discovery of remains of a 9th-century Muslim settlement. The gallery opened on 28 June 2023 and received more than 600,000 visitors in its first year.

The collection covers the art, jewellery, tapestries and carriages of the Habsburg and Bourbon dynasties that reigned in Spain. Selected works include Juan de Flandes's portrait of Isabella I of Castile (c. 1500–1504), Albrecht Dürer's Iris (c. 1503), The Haywain tapestry after Hieronymus Bosch (1555), Caravaggio's Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (1609), Diego Velázquez's White Horse (c. 1634–1638), Gian Lorenzo Bernini's Crucified Christ (1655), a Black Carriage from about 1670–1680 and Goya's portrait of Maria Luisa of Parma (1799).

The gallery opens Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 20:00, and on Sundays and public holidays from 10:00 to 19:00. On 24 and 31 December it keeps reduced hours, 10:00 to 15:00. It is closed on 1 and 6 January, 1 May and 25 December. Last access is 45 minutes before closing, and the rooms are cleared 15 minutes before closing. Free entry hours apply Monday to Thursday from 18:00 to 20:00 (17:00 to 19:00 when it is a public holiday) for Ibero-American citizens and for residents and workers of the European Union.

According to the gallery's own price list, the basic ticket costs €14 and the reduced ticket €7. A ticket for temporary exhibitions costs €8, and a combined ticket for the gallery and the Royal Palace next door costs €24. Free entry is offered Monday to Thursday from 18:00 to 20:00 on working days (17:00 to 19:00 on public holidays) to Ibero-American citizens and to residents and workers of the European Union. Tickets are sold through Patrimonio Nacional's ticketing website, linked from the gallery's pages, which also shows the prices in force.

The gallery is at Calle Bailén s/n, next to the viewpoint between the Royal Palace and the Almudena Cathedral, with its entrance from the Plaza de la Armería. The nearest metro stations are Ópera (lines 2 and 5), Plaza de España (lines 2, 3 and 10) and Príncipe Pío (lines 6 and 10). Buses 133, 146, 147 and 148 stop at Callao and line 573 at Príncipe Pío, which is also served by Cercanías commuter trains C7 and C10. Drivers can use the public car park at Plaza de Oriente.