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Visit the best Spanish on-line museums, and admire the works by Picasso, Velázquez, Miró, or Dalí.

Asociación de Amigos de la Casa Museo de El Greco
On this site is available information on Toledo’s Greco Museum. Only in Spanish.

Bilbao Museum of Fine Arts
This is not as famous as Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, but it is one of the best Spanish museums and it has a web site. You can admire works from the Romanesque to nowadays avant-garde.

Casa Lis
This museum situated in Salamanca exhibits all kind of pieces of Art Nouveau. It should offer more information and photos. Only in Spanish.

CGAC
Site of the acclaimed Contemporary Art Museum situated in Santiago de Compostela

Centre de Cultura Contemporanea de Barcelona
Site of a good contemporary art centre in Barcelona. It deserves a visit.

Euskal Museoa
The Basque Archaeological, Ethnographical and Historical Museum of Bilbao offers in its official site information on its activities, exhibitions, and Basque culture in general.

Fundació Joan Miró
The site of the Joan Miró Foundation contains good information about the author and a good selection of his works. It isn't a spectacular site, but it's the best one dedicated to Miró and gives the visitor the chance to know who Miro was and what his paintings look like.

Fundación BSCH
In this site you'll discover all about Banco Santander Central Hispano Foundation. Galleries, a virtual visit, calendar, research, and publications. In Spanish.

Fundación Museo Marítimo de la Ría de Bilbao
In this site you'll have the chance to learn about the maritime history of Bilbao, of its river estuary and of its fishermen, sailors, merchants, miners, steelworkers, shipbuilders and ship owners. You'll find also: a virtual tour, general info and a store. Excellent site to discover another side of the Basque Country. Excellent design, high quality information.

Galería Metropolitana de Barcelona
GMB offers in its site reflections and works of contemporary artists in a nice-designed environment. Don't miss the articles at the section called Word. Some features need Shockwave and Quicktime.

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Official site of the Guggenheim Musem Bilbao. Informative but disappointing.

IVAM
Site of the acclaimed Valencian Museum of contemporary art. The best avant-garde.

Madrid's Wax Museum
A good way to know a culture is visiting a wax Museum. The Madrid's Wax Museum has a nice site, both in English and in Spanish.

Museo De Bellas Artes De Málaga
Photos of the collection, information about the museum, and didactic information.

Museo de las Encartaciones
Las Encartaciones is a region situated in Biscay, Basque country. In this site you'll find info on the region, the museum, and some photos. Only in Spanish.

Museo del Ferrocarril
The site of the Museum of the Train is not specially informative, but it has brief information on its collections, activities, and history. Only in Spanish.

Museo Financiero
Interesting site focused on the financial history of Spain. Only in Spanish.

Museo de la Naranja
Yes, there's a museum dedicated to the orange in Spain, in Borriana. Information on the agriculture, advertising and other aspects of this important industry.

El Museo Picasso Virtual
The Virtual Picasso Museum recognized by the Picasso Foundation is run by Dr. Enrique Mallen. Here you can find all the famous paintings, articles, biographical notes and links to other Picasso Museums. There is a huge collection of images organized in different rooms.

Museo del Prado
Something about Spaniards are proud of. Perhaps El Prado Museum, is maybe the best art museum in the world. The new museum site is fantastic: you can learn how to look at a painting, see the collections and find works by painter, school and period, and even send postcards for free.

Museo Thyssen Bornemisza
The brand new site of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum has a well design plus good contents. It could be better.

Museo Virtual de Telefónica
The Telefónica Virtual Museum is quite a nice site to spend your freetime. You need Flash to fully enjoy it. Only in Spanish.

Museu d'Art Contemporaneo de Barcelona
It's a pity that such a museum had not an excellent site. Anyway, the macba site gives us the chance to know what's in its rooms. An English version will be avaliable (don't know when).

Museu d'Art Jaume Morera
Nice site with photos and information about the collection of this museum, focused on Spanish modern art, specially works by artists from Lleida.

Museu d'Art Modern de Tarragona
Works by Julio Antonio, Salvador Martorell, Santiago Costa, Josep Sancho, José Nogué, Ramon Carreté, and Lluis Saumells.

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