The Art of Keeping at the Royal Collections Gallery

Chests, caskets, coffers, trunks and cases: for centuries they held jewels, documents, relics and clothes in royal palaces, monasteries and convents. Some are treasures in their own right. 🗝️👑

The Royal Collections Gallery brings a selection of these storage pieces out of its stores.

🎨 THE ART OF KEEPING. COLLECTIONS REVEALED

📅 12 November 2026 to 21 February 2027

🕐 Monday to Saturday, 10 am to 8 pm · Sundays and public holidays, 10 am to 7 pm

📍 Royal Collections Gallery, floor -2, Bourbons room (Philip V section) · Plaza de la Armería

🎟️ General admission €14 · Free Monday to Thursday from 6 to 8 pm

🖼️ The exhibition

Patrimonio Nacional holds a large and varied group of furniture made for keeping things. The pieces differ widely in origin, materials, size and decoration, but share one purpose: protecting what was placed inside.

The show belongs to the «Colecciones reveladas» (Collections Revealed) series, which brings out works not usually on display, and comes with public activities on the cases and containers of the Royal Collections.

🏛️ Planning your visit

The Gallery, next to the Royal Palace and Almudena Cathedral, is entered from Plaza de la Armería. The exhibition is included in general admission, which also covers the permanent galleries of the Royal Collections.

ℹ️ Good to know: Groups use the Cuesta de la Vega entrance.

✨ The chests that kept the crown's secrets.