The National Museum of Decorative Arts in Spain, located in the capital Madrid, is one of the oldest and richest museums of the so-called Triangle of Art in that city. Following the example of Victoria and Albert Museum in London (United Kingdom), illustrates the evolution of so-called "industrial arts" or "minor" (furniture, ceramics and glass, textiles, etc..), Mainly between the XV and XX. Its 60 showrooms occupy a palace near the Parque del Retiro (Calle Montalbán, 12), just minutes away from the Museo del Prado. The museum houses 15,000 objects, of the approximately 40,000 who have.

The National Museum of Decorative Arts is one of the largest and richest in Madrid. It houses collections of great interest, both ethnographic and art, illustrating and industrial craftsmanship mostly extinct. Of the 40,000 objects collected, the museum contains some 15,000 others are transferred to other museums, including the National Glass Centre de La Granja de San Ildefonso.
Given the current market boom antiques, furniture, carpets and ceramics from the National Museum are so rare and valuable it would be impossible to collect a similar set today.
The museum focuses on the Spanish decorative arts, but includes examples from other countries, mainly pottery and luxury items imported from an early date.
-Spanish furniture. Is well represented from the fourteenth century, a period in which the furniture was very scarce and those that remain are rarities. The fund collected from Gothic and Baroque is the best existing Spanish in a public museum, as national heritage collections are mostly of the eighteenth century and later. In this museum include desks or writing desks, seating and furniture in various topologies.
-Eastern Collection. Highlights porcelains of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1912). Some pieces, called "export", were produced in China on behalf of Spanish families and hold their shields: Gálvez, Alvarez de Toledo (Alba House) ... The fund also includes costumes oriental imperial and court officials, as well as musical instruments, scroll paintings and bronzes.
Ceramics. Adding the pieces made of clay, pottery and porcelain, there are 4,000. The oldest is a jar of Toledo XI century. There are examples of the main production centers in Spain: Manises, Talavera de la Reina, Puente del Arzobispo, Teruel, etc. The present Spanish porcelain works of the Royal Mills Alcora, Buen Retiro and La Moncloa, and there are parts of almost all European manufactures, Sèvres, Limoges, Capodimonte, etc.
-Glass. The collection, very extensive, ranging from fourth-century Greece, the Roman Empire and the Visigoths, to the unique pieces of Rene Lalique. Notable glass manufactured on the farm between 1727 and 1823.
-Textiles . Includes not made cloths, such as clothing (civil and religious) and household furnishings. Starts in the second century Coptic fabrics, and reaches almost to the present. Damask cloths can be, velvet, embroidery, lace ... There are also fans, purses, dance cards, tobacco ...
-Carpets. Alcaraz The Basin and the XV-XVII centuries are very rare and are one of the best codes of public ownership.