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Visual Guide to the Prado Museum Contents 1 2 Introduction Prado Museum 3 4 5 6 Rules Location Buildings People who work at the museum 7 8 9 Access Works of art Our drawings Team How to use and prepare the guide 1/2 This visual guide will help you get to know the Prado museum. Order inside El Museo del Prado tiene 2 edificios. the chapter 1 Edificio You can use it before, during and after Distinctive colour JERÓNIMOS your visit. of each chapter The guide consists of several chapters, each with a distinctive colour. Edificio Each chapter contains a specific number 5 VILLANUEVA of factsheets. Edificios GUÍA VISUAL DEL MUSEO DEL PRADO Cutting line To prepare the guide, we suggest you follow these steps: The ticket office is at the Goya entrance. 3 People wait to buy their ticket. 1. Print the whole guide or only the chapters you need. 2. The printed size is 2 factsheets per page. If you can, print on both sides of the Name of the chapter paper for ease of handling. to which the factsheet belongs 5 3. Cut each printed page in half along Buildings VISUAL GUIDE TO the dotted line. THE PRADO MUSEUM 1 VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM 1 Introduction 1 Introduction VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM How to use and prepare the guide 2/2 4. You can laminate the factsheets Laminate the factsheets to prevent them getting damaged. so that they are easier to The Prado museum has 2 buildings. handle and last longer 1 5. Sort the factsheets by chapter colour JERÓNIMOS building and then by number. 6. You can ring bind them for easier handling. 7. The guide is now ready to use. 5 Buildings VILLANUEVA building VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM The Prado museum has 2 buildings. You can punch holes in the factsheets to keep the guide in a binder 1 JERÓNIMOS building 5 Buildings VILLANUEVA building VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM We’re a group of friends. 1 We like drawing and visiting museums. 1 Introduction VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM 2 Prado Museum We’ve put together this visual guide 2 to show you the Prado museum. 1 Introduction VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Museums are places that 1 display objects. Costume museum Art museum Museum 2 Prado Museum Transport museum Science museum VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Archaeological museum The museum’s paintings and 3 sculptures are works of art. 2 Prado Museum VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Works of art The Prado museum displays 2 paintings and sculptures. PRADO MUSEUM 2 Prado Museum VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Painting Sculpture Artists make works of art. 4 2 Prado Museum VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Velázquez Goya Dürer King Charles III had the museum 5 building constructed many years ago. PRADO MUSEUM 2 Prado Museum VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Charles III Different people visit the 7 Prado museum. PRADO MUSEUM 2 Prado Museum VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM King Ferdinand VII and his wife 6 Isabel de Braganza opened the museum. PRADO MUSEUM 19november 2 1819 Prado Museum VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Ferdinand VII Isabel de Braganza Opening day VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM 3 Rules Museum rules 1 No touching paintings and sculptures Look at sculptures and paintings 3 Rules VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM No shouting Keep your voice down Museum rules 2 No running Walk round the museum 3 Rules VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM No jumping Rest on a bench Museum rules 3 No photos Draw in a notebook 3 Rules VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM No eating or drinking Eat and drink in the cafeteria VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM 4 Location Other areas of the museum 4 you can use. VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Toilets Resting area 3 Rules Cafeteria Cloakroom The Prado museum is in Madrid. 1 4 Location VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Madrid Spain World How to get to the Prado museum. 3 Subway Train Bus Line 1 Atocha Atocha Renfe Lines 10 1427 3437 45 Line 2 Banco de España 4 Location VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM You can also go by taxi or car The Prado museum is in a street 2 called Paseo del Prado. Retiro park Calle Alfonso XII Puerta Atocha de Alcalá Renfe Casón del Buen Retiro Jerónimos Botanical Station church garden Calle Alcalá Calle Felipe IV Calle Felipe PRADO MUSEUM Paseo de la Infanta isabel Glorieta 4 Atocha Plaza de Plaza de Paseo del Prado Location Cibeles Neptuno Thyssen Caixa Reina VISUAL GUIDE TO museum Forum Sofía THE PRADO MUSEUM museum VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM 5 Buildings The Prado museum has 2 buildings. 1 JERÓNIMOS building 5 Buildings VILLANUEVA building VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM The Prado museum has 4 entrances. 2 MURILLO entrance JERÓNIMOS entrance VELÁZQUEZ entrance 5 Buildings GOYA entrance VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM The ticket office is at the Goya entrance. 3 People wait to buy their ticket. 5 Buildings VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Velázquez entrance 5 5 Buildings VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Details of the Goya entrance 4 Ticket office 5 Buildings VISUAL GUIDE TO Statue of Goya THE PRADO MUSEUM Steps Details of the Velázquez entrance 6 Frieze 5 Buildings Statue of Velázquez VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Gallery of statues Murillo entrance 7 5 Buildings VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Jerónimos entrance 9 5 Buildings VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Details of the Murillo entrance 8 Entrance 5 Buildings VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Statue of Murillo Columns and balcony Details of the Jerónimos entrance 10 Jerónimos building 5 Buildings Jerónimos church VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Detail of the entrance VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM 6 People who work at the museum Security guards control 1 the museum’s entrances. 6 People who work at the museum VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM A security guard’s objects 2 Orange identity card Badge 6 People who work at the museum VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Walkie-talkie Security guard Truncheon Museum attendants supervise 3 the museum rooms. 6 People who work at the museum VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Restorers work 5 in a museum workshop. 6 People who work at the museum VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM A museum attendant’s objects. 4 Blue identity card Chair 6 People who work at the museum VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Walkie-talkie Museum attendant Uniform Restorers fix damaged paintings 6 and sculptures. Magnifying glasses Damaged painting 6 People who work at the museum VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Palette Restorer Paintbrushes Copyists work in the museum rooms. 7 6 People who work at the museum VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Educators help us understand 9 the works of art. 6 People who work at the museum VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Copyists copy paintings. 8 Palette Painter’s case 6 People who work at the museum VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Paintbrushes Copyist Easel Educators talk to us 10 through a microphone. Purple identity card 6 People who work at the museum VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Microphone Educator Visitor with headphones VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM 7 Access We buy a ticket at the ticket office. 1 The ticket office is at the Goya entrance. Ticket 7 Access VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM We go in through 2 the Jerónimos entrance. 7 Access VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM We show our ticket 3 to the security guard. Ticket 7 Access VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM We put our bags through 5 the security machine. 7 Access VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM We leave our personal objects 4 in the cloakroom. 7 Access VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM coat umbrella backpack We ask for a floor plan of the museum 6 at the information desk. 7 Access VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM 8 Works of art Adam and Eve 1 by the painter Albrecht Dürer Adam and Eve are naked. They’re each holding an apple. There’s a serpent in a tree. The Bible tells us they were the first people who lived on Earth. The pictures are painted in oil on wood. Dürer was a German painter. He painted the human body in a lot of detail. 8 Works of art VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Details of the work 2 Adam and Eve Adam Eve Serpent 8 Works of art VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Adam’s apple Eve’s apple Eve’s tummy button The Garden of Earthly Delights 3 by the painter Bosch There are people, animals, plants, fruits and fantastic beings in lots of colours. They all live together in a garden. The picture represents paradise. The picture is painted in oil on wood. Bosch was a Dutch painter. He liked painting imaginary beings. 8 Works of art VISUAL GUIDE TO THE PRADO MUSEUM Democritus 5 by the painter José de Ribera We see a smiling man. He’s called Democritus. He was a philosopher. He liked to think and study. He’s dressed in old clothes. He’s holding a pair of compasses in one hand and some papers in the other. The picture is painted in oil on canvas. Ribera was a Spanish painter.

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