1The Glass Pavilion

The 1887 iron and glass building by Ricardo Velázquez Bosco, now a venue for temporary installations of the Museo Reina Sofía.

In This Area

The Glass Pavilion

Ricardo Velázquez Bosco, architect; Alberto de Palacio, engineer, 1887

Retiro park, Paseo de Cuba side, above the small lake

The Iron and Glass Interior

Ricardo Velázquez Bosco, architect; Alberto de Palacio, engineer; ironwork by the Bernardo Asins foundry, 1887

Inside the pavilion

The Reina Sofía Installations

Various contemporary artists, invited by the Museo Reina Sofía, Programme since the 1990s

Inside the pavilion; the exhibition changes two or three times a year