Although in a capital city it sometimes seems difficult to find affordable plans, free exhibitions in Madrid are an ideal cultural alternative when we want to keep broadening our horizons, but not spend money on it.
In addition, this season you can enjoy immersive visits to the sea, the work of Andy Warhol or the great treasures of ancient Egypt.
A sensory experience to listen to the sea: free immersive exhibition in Madrid.
What does the ocean sound like? ‘Echoes of the Ocean’ reveals it through an immersive audiovisual installation with twelve screens, real sounds and cutting-edge technology. This free exhibition of Fundación Telefónica invites us to immerse ourselves -almost literally- in the acoustic world of cetaceans, plankton and marine ecosystems. A multisensory experience that unites science, art and ecological awareness. Find out more about this exhibition and its interactive spaces in our full article.
📍Location: Espacio Fundación Telefónica (Fuencarral, 3, Madrid).
🗓️ Dates: until September 7, 2025
Warhol’s iconic graphic work, brought together in a must-see exhibition in Madrid.
With more than a hundred original posters, this free exhibition offers one of the largest compilations dedicated to Andy Warhol in Spain. From his famous portraits of Marilyn Monroe to Campbell’s soup cans, the exhibition reviews his visual genius through six thematic blocks. A unique opportunity to learn how he fused art and advertising in his iconic works. Check here the schedules and details of the guided tours to the Warhol exhibition at the Canal Foundation.
📍Location: Canal Foundation (Mateo Inurria, 2, Madrid)
🗓️ Dates: February 12 to May 4, 2025
An immersive exhibition that revives the great treasures of ancient Egypt.
More than 140 reproductions of emblematic works and Egyptian monuments make up one of the largest exhibitions dedicated to this civilization in Spain. From the throne of Anubis to the funerary mask of Tutankhamun, including dioramas such as a mummification scene, the exhibition allows visitors to travel back in time through sculptures, chapels, temples and unique pieces. In addition, children can learn to write their name in hieroglyphics and adults can enjoy guided tours to immerse themselves in the history of the Nile.
📍Location: Tomás y Valiente Art Center (CEART), Fuenlabrada.
🗓️ Dates: February 14 to June 29, 2025
An immersion into the power of color in modern and contemporary art.
Color is not only an aesthetic issue: it is a physical, luminous and deeply expressive phenomenon. From this perspective, the Fundación Juan March brings together in its free exhibition almost eighty works that explore the autonomy of color through artists such as Yves Klein, Lucio Fontana or Olafur Eliasson. Painting, sculpture, textiles, ceramics and installations come together in this exhibition that you can visit until June. Don’t miss the short immersive documentary *Coloramas*, included in the tour. Check schedules for free guided tours of the exhibition.
📍Location: Fundación Juan March (Castelló, 77, Madrid)
🗓️ Dates: until June 8, 2025
Masaveu Collection. 20th Century Spanish Art. From Picasso to Barceló
The María Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation presents the exhibition Masaveu Collection. 20th Century Spanish Art. From Picasso to Barceló, a free exhibition that brings together one hundred outstanding works by artists such as Picasso, Miró, Dalí, Sorolla and Barceló.
The exhibition consists mainly of pieces from the Masaveu Collection, started in the 1960s by Pedro Masaveu Peterson and expanded by Elías Masaveu and the María Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation. It also includes works from Fernando Masaveu’s personal collection.
📍Location: Fundación María Cristina Masaveu (Alcalá Galiano, 6)
🗓️ Dates: until July 20, 2025
Madrid ¡Viva la Bohemia! The underworld of literary life
The new exhibition of the Museo de Historia de Madrid, Madrid ¡Viva la Bohemia! The underworld of literary life, is divided into several areas that trace the evolution of bohemia, from its roots in Paris to its flourishing in Madrid. Works by artists such as Ramón Casas, Raimundo de Madrazo and Francisco de Goya are exhibited, along with literary creations by emblematic writers of the time. In addition, it explores the transformation of bohemia over time, from its initial idealism to its decadence into “golfemia”, a movement more closely linked to the underworld.
📍 Location: calle de Fuencarral, 78 (Centro)
🗓️ Dates: until June 1