Mint Museum — Attraction in Madrid

Free entry with free audio guide available in multiple languages. Checking out the coins throughout time and from different locations was really cool. I spent longer than I thought I would learning the history of the currencies. Note before visiting that a passport is required to enter. This happened to be the one day I didn't bring mine with me and I had to go back to get it, which sucked. They also did not have the person there that does the free souvenir coin so I wasn't able to get one. Can't complain too much since it's free, but it was a bummer. Luckily, there's a store to buy a more legit coin if you want. Overall,...

Super rude people. Walked through the museum and watched the videos which was cool. The whole point of the trip was to make the souvenir coin but they kick us out after 45 minutes at 2:14pm when it said it was open until 5:30pm. The two workers turned off lights and locked but but wouldn’t answer our questions on when they would be open again so we could create our souvenir coins. Just ruined a nice experience at an otherwise nice museum. Overall, rude staff - there are way better museums with friendly staff...

We stumble upon this museum not knowing what to expect. There is no admission fees and no lineups. It is so much bigger than we expect. There is so much to see and the collections is quite vast. I thought it would be similar to the Mint museum in Atlanta, but it has so much more. Stamps, Medals, Coins, and the histories of how money is form in Spain. This is worthwhile if you have time in Madrid. Most displays have English. The gift shop provides first day cover for coins and...