Museo del Prado
Las Meninas hangs in room 012, on the first floor of the Villanueva building, the museum's main building on the Paseo del Prado.
Las Meninas
The painting most people come for. Velázquez painted it in 1656 in a room of the old royal palace, and the Prado has had it since the museum opened in 1819. Our page on it walks through the painting in eight chapters, with the film.
Hours, the ticket price and the entrance are on this page, checked on the museum’s own site. The rules for bags are on that site.
Highlights
Plan your visit
Book a time slot on the official ticket site; the museum's own visit page has the current hours and the free-entry times.
- Booking
- Book a time slot on the official site to skip the ticket-office queue.
- Photos
- Not allowed in the galleries
- Entrance
- Puerta de los Jerónimos for pre-booked tickets. Metro Banco de España, line 2, or Atocha, line 1.
Booking online
The official ticket site sells timed entry, and a ticket covers the collection and the temporary exhibitions. Check the hours and the free-entry slots on the museum’s visit page before you choose a time. The museum also sells an Art Walk pass, one visit each to the Prado, the Reina Sofía and the Thyssen-Bornemisza within a year.