Glenn Polin

Review of Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bo...

A very high-quality experience... Too much to take...

A very high-quality experience... Too much to take in one afternoon. The paintings although impressive are not on the level of the paintings at The Prado, which is quite near.

There is definitely a lack of Creature Comforts at the Thyssen. There isn't a good place to Simply have a cup of tea.

There is one Cafe with relatively high-priced entree items and a wait staff that really seem to have an attitude. Maybe they're overworked but they were positively unpleasant and remote. I would be afraid to just sit down there and have coffee and tea only; in the late afternoon when we were there everyone was eating.

(I contrast this with the Prado where there is a very nice cafe with two sections: a line for just coffee end drinks and sweets and another line for a salad and other kinds of hot food.)

The Places to sit in the galleries are hard xold stone and the building itself is a little chilly on a chilly day.

Also the cafe is separate from the museum. When I came back in they wanted to see my ticket after eating.

But the art collection is beautiful and the flowers, Camellias, were In bloom outside the front of the museum.

This Museum really shows the extent to which a private collector with great wealth can amass great art. At The Prado much of this great art was collected by Kings and Queens and the and the Spanish government.