Madrid's Prado Museum open seven days a week
25 January
Madrid's Prado Museum has started opening seven days a week and will lengthen its highly visited special exhibitions (to offset the pain of government cuts). On weekends tourists can be seen waiting in long lines outside the museum to see collections which also include Rembrandt, Rubens and El Greco, as well as special exhibits such as "The Hermitage," which runs until 25th March.
An exhibition organized in conjunction with the Louvre on the final years of 15th century Italian master Raphael is scheduled for June through September, followed by one on the 17th century Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck.
With its new hours, the Prado joins a select group of international museums, including London's National Gallery and the Netherlands' Rijksmuseum, that are open everyday.