Top Things to do in Basque Country
Things to do in Basque Country, Spain: The Best Specialty Museums
Discover the best top things to do in Basque Country, Spain including Museo Mariposas del Mundo, Chillida Leku, Museo de Coches Clasicos y Antiguos Torre Loizaga, Txakolingunea, Museo Mercedes-Benz Barakaldo Aguinaga, Museo de la Paz de Guernica, Photomuseum, Museo Zumalakarregi Museoa, Cristobal Balenciaga Museum, Sagardoetxea, Museo de la Sidra Vasca.
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1. Museo Mariposas del Mundo
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 5 reviews
2. Chillida Leku
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 80 reviews
CHILLIDA-LEKU is an outdoors museum that gathers the work of Eduardo Chillida (San Sebastián 1924-2002) in the properties of “Zabalaga farmhouse”, constructed in 1594 at the town of Hernani (Guipúzcoa-Spain). 10 kilometers far from San Sebastián, 40 sculptures of great format stand out on the ground of 12 hectares and a hundred small format works and drawings, created during 50 years of work, appear inside the restored farmhouse. In the same town in 1951, after his brief Parisian experience, Eduardo Chillida began his works in the forge of a blacksmith.
3. Museo de Coches Clasicos y Antiguos Torre Loizaga
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 77 reviews
4. Txakolingunea
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By EmilyM39
We had a fantastic visit to this museum. The museum itself has a lovely and very informative overview about Txaculi- the white wine of the Basque region. More importantly, though, the people working here could not have been more friendly. They helped us find wineries in the region to visit, and even called to make reservations for us at the nearby San Juan. Definitely recommend a stop here!
5. Museo Mercedes-Benz Barakaldo Aguinaga
6. Museo de la Paz de Guernica
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 272 reviews
El Museo de la Paz de Gernika nos invita a recordar, reflexionar y perdonar. Además, pretende acercar al visitante la historia del bombardeo de Gernika, la Guerra Civil y el exilio, 3 acontecimientos dramáticos que forman parte de la historia del pueblo vasco.
Reviewed By bockscar1 - Los Angeles, United States
Well worth the visit. Basque and Spanish; beginning placards are clearly numbered and have translations in a book they hand you English. Later texts are not numbered and become difficult to follow. Five QR codes I tried presumably to get more detailed info all had failing URLs. Artifact and photo captions are not translated, and I'd really love to know what I’m looking at. Much of museum feels like an extended poem on peace, anti-pollution, etc. The historical meat is the smaller section and made my visit by contextualizing the city and displaying insightful artifacts. Clearly much love was put into the presentations, but I'm surprised if the aspiration is to be a modern museum attracting foreigners why English wouldn't be baked in everywhere. Temporary exhibition of cartoons from 1936-7 really well-curated, all with English captions, definitely worth checking out. Bummer all museums in city seem to close 2-4pm. That makes it awfully tough on a day trip. Still, worth the stop for the historical section if not the rhetoric.
7. Photomuseum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 10 reviews
8. Museo Zumalakarregi Museoa
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 8 reviews
9. Cristobal Balenciaga Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 600 reviews
One of a kind in the world, the venue has become the first large museum of its type dedicated exclusively to a fashion designer. Developed under the tutelage of the Cristobal Balenciaga Fundazioa Foundation, the Museum has accepted the mission of promoting, disseminating and making the most of the significance, relevance, importance and prominence of the brilliant designer himself and of his work in the world of artistic creation in general and ore specifically, of fashion and haut couture. The Museum, in addition to exhibiting more than 3,000 items, seeks to become an international center, involved in education, dissemination and investigation within the area of the fashion couturier.
Reviewed By jldelavega2013 - Mexico City, Mexico
Immerse on a small town near SAN sebastian you will find this incredible place which recognizes the career amor one of the most important fashion designers in the history of modern fashion. The museum by itself is a place that will catch your eye in the middle of a small fishermans town.
10. Sagardoetxea, Museo de la Sidra Vasca
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 44 reviews
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