Hispanic Society of America

The Hispanic Society’s Museum is now open, following extensive renovations. The Museum has limited hours, so please check the link above for the schedule before visiting.

The collections of the Hispanic Society are broad and deep, addressing the culture of Spain, as well as a large part of Portugal and Latin America.

With more than 800 paintings and 6,000 watercolors and drawings, the Hispanic Society offers a comprehensive survey of Spanish painting and drawing,from the Middle Ages to the present, with particular strengths in the Spanish Golden Age (1550-1700), and the 19h- and early 20th-century. (including El Greco, Goya, Sorolla)

The collection also includes almost 1,000 works of sculpture from the first millennium B.C. to the early 20th-century; notable examples of ceramics, glass, furniture, ironwork and jewelry are among  more than 6,000 objects of decorative arts; 15,000 prints from the 17th- to early 20th-century; a comprehensive collection of textiles, from the Arab rule to the early 20th-century; and more than 175,000 photographs from 1850 onwards document the art, culture and customs of Spain and Latin America.

While the museum was being renovated, an exceptional selection of items from the collection travelled to numerous US museums in 2029 and 2020.  Read our review of Visions of the Hispanic World: Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library which we saw in Albuquerque NM and again in Houston TX.