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Fundación Giner de los Rios
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About
Fundación Giner de los Ríos is an educational institution in Madrid, preserving the legacy of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza.
Why go
- The historic educational campus, built from 1884 on a garden estate.
- Joaquín Kramer’s Pabellón Macpherson, designed in 1908.
- The restored headquarters, expanded in a project designed by Cristina Díaz Moreno and Efrén García Grinda.
- The foundation’s role in presenting a 2006 exhibition on the Pedagogical Missions of 1931–1936.
Opening hours
Today11:00 – 15:00Show all
Monday11:00 – 20:00
Tuesday11:00 – 20:00
Wednesday11:00 – 20:00
Thursday11:00 – 20:00
Friday11:00 – 20:00
Saturday11:00 – 20:00
Sunday11:00 – 15:00
Don't miss
- Pabellón MacphersonSee its galleries and wooden beams.On the foundation grounds
- Giner’s former houseLook at the façades facing the promenade and garden.On the foundation grounds
What's inside
- The new three-storey building contains a ground-floor exhibition room and a basement auditorium.
- The restored buildings combine reinforced concrete walls with oak floors.
Interesting facts3
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History
The headquarters have served successive educational uses, from the Institución Libre de Enseñanza’s garden estate to later schools and the restored foundation.
- 1884The Institución Libre de Enseñanza began building on a garden estate then on Madrid’s outskirts.
- 1908Joaquín Kramer designed the Pabellón Macpherson.
- OriginsThe foundation emerged after Giner de los Ríos’s death.
- Civil War and aftermathThe institution was banned, and its property was confiscated and partly destroyed.
- 1942–45The damaged premises reopened as Grupo Escolar Joaquín Sorolla.
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- 1955The premises began housing the Servicio de Alimentación Escolar.
- 1980–85The main building housed Colegio Nacional Eduardo Marquina.
- 1977Manolo Pedregal promoted the foundation’s legal recovery.
- 2003Rehabilitation and expansion of the historic headquarters began, preserving the original grounds and distinctive spaces.
- 2014The headquarters’ restoration was completed.
How to get there
- On footThe headquarters are at 14 Paseo del General Martínez Campos, Madrid.
Sources: Fundación Francisco Giner de los Ríos - Wikiped… · checked 4 Oct 2026
Where
Paseo General Martinez Campos 14, Madrid
Questions and answers
Who guided Fundación Giner de los Ríos after Giner?
His leading student, Manuel Bartolomé Cossío, guided its development and was succeeded by Santullano.
Does the information establish public access to the historic buildings?
Public access arrangements for the house and pavilion are not confirmed.
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