Prado Museum
- “Picasso's painting, Guernica, hangs in the world famous Prado Museum. Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain in 1881. When he died in 1973, he was known as the greatest figure in modern Spanish art. Although he lived in France most of his life, Spain is eager to claim Picasso as a native son. The 1937 bombing of the town, Guernica, during the Spanish civil war inspired Picasso's most famous painting, Guernica. Like the artist, the painting was outside Spain for years. It was finally brought home to the Prado Museum in 1981.”
- —Pamphlet, Mario is Missing! (PC)
The Prado Museum (Spanish: Museo del Prado) is a national art museum housing countless exhibits in Madrid, Spain. It has appeared as a notable landmark in a few games of the Super Mario franchise.
History[edit]
Mario is Missing![edit]
In the DOS and Deluxe versions of Mario is Missing!, the Prado Museum is one of the city's landmarks (alongside the Palacio de las Cortes and the Ventas Bullring) that gets ransacked by Koopa Troopas. They steal one of the museums's paintings, Guernica by Pablo Picasso, causing the entire museum to shut down; they also place a bounty on its return. Luigi promptly does just that: he retrieves the painting, and after proving that it is real by answer the questions listed below, it is returned to its rightful place.
- Guernica was painted by:
- Diego Rivera
- Pablo Ruiz Picasso
- Peter Prado
- Jose Malaga
- Guernica was named for:
- Spanish for gumdrops
- Picasso's mother
- town of Guernica
- Latin for war
- In 1981, the Guernica was brought home to the Prado Museum from:
- New York
- Guernica
- France
- Malaga
Mario Kart series[edit]
The Prado Museum appears as one of the landmarks in the Madrid Drive course in Mario Kart Tour. A portion of Madrid Drive 3 takes place inside the museum. When players enter the museum, a unique version of the course's music plays. In this game, the museum's paintings depict different Super Mario characters. One painting, however, is torn in the middle and has a Piranha Plant lunging at players from the hole. In the R/T variant of Madrid Drive 3, the Piranha Plant is replaced by an Inky Piranha Plant.
The Prado Museum returns in Tour Madrid Drive in the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass, where it is featured in the first lap of the course.
Multimedia[edit]
 Video - Live-action footage of the Prado Museum in the Deluxe version of Mario is Missing! | File info 0:10 |
 Audio - Madrid Drive's music inside the Prado Museum in Mario Kart Tour | File info 0:30 |
| Audio - Tour Madrid Drive's music inside the Prado Museum in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | File info 0:30 |
| Audio - Tour Madrid Drive's frontrunning music inside the Prado Museum in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | File info 0:30 |
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Mario is Missing! (Macintosh) | L10B | L10B | Landmark 10 B |
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| French | Le Musée du Prado | The Prado Museum | [1] | |
| German | Das Prado Museum | The Prado Museum | [2] |
References[edit]
- ^ Mario a disparu. Software Toolworks (French). Retrieved April 22, 2025.
- ^ Mario wir vermisst. Software Toolworks (German). Retrieved September 24, 2024.