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Archivo para September, 2007

Tourism in Madrid: African Museum

A journey through the African continent
This museum helps visitors understand what African tribal life is like.
Located at the headquarters of the Combonian missionaries in Madrid, it offers a veritable journey through Africa. Through maps, visitors can get a glimpse of prehistoric times, and become familiar with the ancient African kingdoms and empires as well as […]

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Tourism in Madrid: Wax Museum

Art made of wax
A journey through history with figures made of wax.
Cervantes
Exploring this museum is a way to get acquainted with personalities, public figures or fictional characters who, in one way or another, influenced the course of history or played a key role in it. The tour includes prehistoric man, Romans from the Imperial era, […]

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Tourism in Madrid: Railway Museum

Here you can discover the railway heritage of Madrid through a large collection of steam locomotives. The museum is located in the old Delicias station, a beautiful 19th-century building, and has various different rooms (clocks, traction, infrastructure, journeys…), that will let you get to know the history of this means of transport. One of the […]

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Tourism in Madrid: Spanish Chalcography

It aims to conserve and promote graphic art.
One of the exhibit rooms    Madrid
The National Chalcography Centre was created in 1789 to undertake major engraving projects in the field of political illustration. This institution was also to collect, conserve and print all new copper plates engraved by royal commission. Located at the San Fernando Royal […]

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Tourism in Madrid: National Archaeological Museum

The history of civilisations
Created by Queen Isabella II, it is located next to the National Library.
Sculpture of two Iberians making offerings
The museum came into existence at the end of the 19th century, aiming to bring together and exhibit items related to archaeology, ethnography, decorative arts and stamps from a range of different institutions. The permanent […]

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