September marks a return to the daily routine, but it’s also a great opportunity to discover something different to do without leaving Madrid. Whether you’re passionate about the city’s history or are simply curious to find out how Metro has developed since its early days, the exhibition “Metro’s Headquarters. A Journey Through Madrid’s Urban Development" takes you on a fascinating journey through more than a century of urban transformation.

The exhibition invites visitors to explore the capital’s development through the various buildings that have housed Metro’s headquarters since the company was founded. Each of these spaces tells a part of Madrid's history and reflects how the city grew alongside the transport network that now connects millions of journeys every year.

Through original plans, historical photographs, unpublished documents and audiovisual material, visitors will be able to discover how the Metro has played a key role in Madrid’s urban development.

One of the exhibition’s main attractions is its two spectacular scale models. The first recreates what is known as the ‘Casa de Metro’, the ambitious project designed by the architect Antonio Palacios that was never actually built. The second illustrates the close link between the company’s first offices and the construction of the Gran Vía, one of the most significant urban landmarks in 20th-century Madrid.

The exhibition also offers an insight into the daily lives of the first Metro workers thanks to a range of historical artefacts preserved since the beginning of the last century, such as a typewriter and a vintage calculator, as well as previously unpublished photographs from those early years. The exhibition can be viewed on the ground floor of Metro’s current corporate headquarters, situated at 4 Avenida de Asturias, from Monday to Friday, from 10.00 am to 2.00 pm, and will remain open until the end of December 2026.