The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum stands at the corner of Paseo del Prado and Carrera de San Jerónimo, just a five minute stroll from El Prado. It is another of the city's most representative artistic and cultural institutions, with one of the finest collections in the country. Museum visitors are travellers through space and time. Staying within the realm of the Thyssen-Bornemisza permanent collection, it is possible, moving from gallery to gallery, to journey from the Medieval Italian Period (XIII century) to Contemporary Art (XX century), passing through the Netherlandish School of the XV, Italian School of the XV and XVI, German, Dutch and British art, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist movements, German Expressionism, American Paintings of the XX and other. The story of the collection is a happy and inspiring one. When Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza took over the family collection, he focused on those areas of art which had been of less interest to his father. Although he continued to buy Old Masters (Duccio, Kalf, Saenredam and Goya), his change of emphasis led him to acquire major works from the 19th and 20th centuries. His interest centred on Impressionism and Post-Impresionism, Fauvism, the German Expressionist movements, the European avant-gardes and European and American post-war art. Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso, Mondrian, Bacon and Lichtenstein are among the key figures in art history who are featured in this collection.