A sight for sore eyes: Madrid reopens its museums

Musicians perfom next to Spanish artist Diego Velazquez's paintings as the Prado museum reopens amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Madrid, Spain, June 6, 2020. REUTERS/Juan Medina

MADRID (Reuters) - Madrid residents wearing face masks queued two metres apart to be among the first visitors back in the city's famed galleries on Saturday, as the Prado, Reina Sofia and Thyssen-Bornemisza museums reopened after nearly three months of coronavirus lockdown.

"I was really looking forward to coming back. To see how it has come back to life makes me very emotional," said masters student Alejandro Elizalde, who wiped away tears while viewing Diego de Velazquez's "Las Meninas", one of the Prado's most famous paintings.