The driving idea of the Bicentenary is to celebrate the Museo del Prado as the great gift that the Spanish nation has given and to explain how, as a result of social and political events, a private collection conceived for the delight of a few ended up becoming the main cultural institution of all Spaniards. Around this idea gravitates the ambitious programme of the Bicentenary that has the support of Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) to some of its projects.