The royal gaze of Diego Velázquez
Goya and the raw truth of the Bourbons
The Habsburg collectors and their dark treasures
From royal palace to the people's museum
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Master of The royal gallery where history stares back
galleta During the Spanish Civil War, the museum's treasures were packed up and sent on a dangerous journey.
galleta The Prado's main building was originally designed as a natural history museum, not an art gallery.
Picasso the director: During the Spanish Civil War, the Republican government appointed Pablo Picasso as the honorary director of the Prado Museum while he was in Paris.
Which Spanish queen successfully advocated for opening the royal art collection to the public?
Which famous 20th-century artist was appointed honorary director of the Prado during the Spanish Civil War?
How many paintings were displayed on the opening day of the Museo del Prado in 1819?
Which modern architect designed the major 2007 expansion of the Prado that incorporated an old church cloister?
To which neutral European city were the Prado's masterpieces evacuated during the Spanish Civil War?
What was the Prado's main building originally designed to house before it became an art museum?