Museo ABC is a museum in
Madrid
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,
Spain
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, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
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, ...
, dedicated to
drawing
Drawing is a visual art that uses an instrument to mark paper or another two-dimensional surface. The instruments used to make a drawing are pencils, crayons, pens with inks, brushes with paints, or combinations of these, and in more mod ...
and
illustration
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.
The museum is housed in a converted brewery. The privately funded museum was established in 2010.
Its
collection includes over 200,000 items from the Spanish daily newspaper
ABC, which began collecting examples of drawing and graphic illustration in 1891.
References
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2010 establishments in Spain
Art museums established in 2010
Art museums and galleries in Madrid
Drawing
Illustration