The Reina Sofia is not only a museum with essential works worth visiting and where, now that it is 100 years since the birth of Chillida, it is a good time to visit the sculptures signed by him that are exhibited. It is also a privileged enclave from whose rooftop you can see Madrid at a certain height… And it’s free, if you know how, as explained at this reel the account @milplanespormadrid.
To do so, it is as simple as going to the Nouvel Building ticket office and requesting a free ticket to go up to the roof. At that moment they will print you the free ticket that gives access to the garden of the Sabatini Building -where Chillida’s Toki Egin (Homage to San Juan de la Cruz) is exhibited- and to the terrace of the Nouvel, which has a surface of 445 square meters.
To access, just take the elevator to the 3rd floor. From there you will have views of the Atocha ring road, the Nouvel courtyard -with sculptures by Lichtenstein and Rogelio López Cuenca- and, on the rooftop itself, you can admire the sculpture Wheat & Steak by Miralda.
It is a piece of three figures (an ox, a pig and a sheep) with horns, superimposed in the form of a pyramid. The artist wanted to represent them as “figures halfway between the mythological unicorn and the sacrificial totem ready for a collective ritual ceremony, with the names of the various edible parts written on their muscles, stripped of skin,” says Carmen Fernández Aparicio.
and to visit the Reina Sofia for free?
This free ticket is only valid to visit the garden of the Sabatini Building and the rooftop of the Nouvel, but the museum also has – like so many others others– of a free access schedule to the Collection and temporary exhibitions, except for those for which hourly passes or special rates are assigned.
Free general admission tickets can be purchased from this link and is valid for the following times:
- Monday to Saturday (Tuesday closed): from 7pm to 9pm.
- Sundays: from 12:30h to 14:30h.
- Last admission: half an hour before Museum closing time
- Room vacations: at 8:45 p.m. on Mondays and from Wednesday to Saturday, and at 2:15 p.m. on Sundays.