Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum - is an amazing fullness of art collection, the former until 1993, the world's largest private collection of paintings. At the Prado and Reina Sofia Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum is the famous Golden Triangle of Art. The collections of these museums complement each other, because each of them exhibited paintings at the time, and the artistic styles that are not in others.

The museum has placed its collection on the premises of the Palace of Villahermosa beautiful, built in 1771. The museum was founded in 1992, and a year later his assets became the property of the Spanish crown. The museum's collection includes about a thousand paintings, most of which (about 800 paintings) were collected by Baron Hans Thyssen-Bornemisza and his son Hans Heinrich, and 200 paintings made up the private collection of the widow of Hans Heinrich, were transferred to the museum fund in 2004.

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum presents the visitors a vast collection of paintings, which features paintings of different artistic trends and schools, gripping a large time period - from the 13th century to the present day. Among the many masterpieces presented in the museum, there are paintings by such outstanding artists as Caravaggio, Titian, Raphael, Dürer, Rubens, Picasso. Exposition Impressionist paintings presented Gauguin, Van Gogh, Monet, Renoir and others. Of great interest is an extensive collection of rare North American painting, related to the 19th century and occupies 4 halls of the museum. The museum also displays works related to modern trends in art - avant-garde, pop art.