Museums

The different ways discover us

Gipuzkoa is in itself a place packed with traditions, history, art, etc., making it the perfect place to visit museums of different kinds and subject matter.

From museums dedicated to hugely important artists such as Chillida and Balenciaga to smaller yet no less interesting options such as the one dedicated to Victor Hugo in Pasajes San Juan, or others with specific themes for the younger members of the family.

Our Top 10

Chillida leku

Chillida leku

Chillida-Leku is the fulfilment of that dream, a place to discover the trajectory of the artist from San Sebastian.
Albaola

Albaola

Located in Pasajes San Pedro, only a few kilometres from San Sebastian, Albaola is the Basque Maritime Factory.
Aquarium

Aquarium

The San Sebastian Aquarium is the oldest aquarium and museum dedicated to marine natural sciences in Spain.
Balenciaga

Balenciaga

Getaria is the home of the first major museum in the world exclusively dedicated to a couturier, reflecting the universal importance of the Getaria-born designer in the field of fashion and haute couture.
Tabakalera

Tabakalera

Tabakalera is a space where we can create, explore, share, experiment, discover... An open and diverse cultural space for all people.
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The Tolosa International Puppet Centre is the only one of its kind in Europe.
Igartubeiti

Igartubeiti

Located in Ezkio-Itxaso, the museum revives the history and evolution of Basque farmhouses over a period of more than 1,000 years.
San Telmo

San Telmo

Opened in 1902, San Sebastian’s San Telmo Museum is the oldest in the Basque Country.
Oiasso

Oiasso

Oiasso, standing at the mouth of the Bidasoa River was the port city of the Vascones in Roman times.

Railway museum

The Basque Railway Museum in Azpeitia has one of the best railway collections in all Europe, including steam, diesel and electric engines, railcars and all types of carriages.
Jantziaren Zentroa

Jantziaren Zentroa

Located in an eighteenth-century building, the “Kapitain-etxea” project was created with the help of Errenteria town council.
Lili Palace

Lili Palace

This work has been created by merging real scenes and characters with a dramatization by an actress.
San Telmo

San Telmo

Opened in 1902, San Sebastian’s San Telmo Museum is the oldest in the Basque Country.
Ekainberri

Ekainberri

Ekain is one of the best kept treasures in the Basque Country and one of the most important prehistoric sanctuaries in Europe.
Mirandaola

Mirandaola

Iron has always played a particularly important part in the evolution of the Basque Country.
Aquarium

Aquarium

The San Sebastian Aquarium is the oldest aquarium and museum dedicated to marine natural sciences in Spain.
Igartubeiti

Igartubeiti

Located in Ezkio-Itxaso, the museum revives the history and evolution of Basque farmhouses over a period of more than 1,000 years.
Railway museum

Railway museum

The Basque Railway Museum in Azpeitia has one of the best railway collections in all Europe, including steam, diesel and electric engines, railcars and all types of carriages.
Arditurri

Arditurri

The Arditurri mines ran almost non-stop for 2000 years.
Balenciaga

Balenciaga

Getaria is the home of the first major museum in the world exclusively dedicated to a couturier, reflecting the universal importance of the Getaria-born designer in the field of fashion and haute couture.
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The Tolosa International Puppet Centre is the only one of its kind in Europe.
Sagardoetxea

Sagardoetxea

At Sagardoetxea, the Museum of Basque Cider, you can enjoy the culture of cider, hallmark of the Basques and their customs.
Gorrotxategi museum

Gorrotxategi museum

Xaxu, the Gorrotxategi confectionery museum in Tolosa, invites you to take a sweet tour of confectionery-making from the 14th to the 19th centuries.
Chillida leku

Chillida leku

Chillida-Leku is the fulfilment of that dream, a place to discover the trajectory of the artist from San Sebastian.
Albaola

Albaola

Located in Pasajes San Pedro, only a few kilometres from San Sebastian, Albaola is the Basque Maritime Factory.
Santa Maria la Real

Santa Maria la Real

The Santa María La Real- Archaeological/Monumental Site in Zarautz consists of the Zarautz Bell Tower —which houses the Museum of Art and History of Zarautz— the Santa María La Real Parish Church.
Barandiaran museum

Barandiaran museum

The Larruntza Mill, in the San Gregorio neighbourhood of Ataun, looks at the life and work of the prestigious anthropologist and ethnographer Joxemiel Barandiaran.
Luberri

Luberri

Welcome to Luberri, the Geological Interpretation Centre of Oiartzun.
Eureka!

Eureka!

Standing in San Sebastian’s Miramón technology park, the Eureka Zientzia Museoa is a space to learn about science for people of all ages; a place to have fun with experiments and understand the scientific principles.
D’elikatuz

D’elikatuz

The D’Elikatuz food and gastronomy interpretation centre in Ordizia is the perfect place to learn about the textures and flavours of the land.
Eibar Civil War Interpretation Centre

Eibar Civil War Interpretation Centre

This is a good starting point for visiting places such as Arrate, Akondia, Kalamua, Urko and Aginaga and stands in the colony of Arrate.
Idiazabal cheese I.C.

Idiazabal cheese I.C.

Idiazabal cheese is one of the Gipuzkoa’s most authentic flavours, a gastronomic gem.
Basque Historical Remembrance Interpretation Centre

Basque Historical Remembrance Interpretation Centre

The Basque Interpretation Centre for Historical Memory, in Elgeta, focuses on the Spanish Civil War.
Exhibition: butterflies of the world

Exhibition: butterflies of the world

Visitors to this permanent exhibition can admire the beauty and colour of real butterfly specimens from across the globe.
Mater Museum

Mater Museum

Sea is the only frontier of the Mater Museum, a Basque tuna fishing boat converted into a floating museum, an opportunity to learn all about fishing in the Bay of Biscay and the work of those who manned them.
Mendietxe

Mendietxe

The Mendietxe Museum in Azpeitia is a unique space that pays tribute to Basque and international mountaineering.
Rezola Cement Museum

Rezola Cement Museum

Cement is an element of enormous importance in our civilisation.
Oiasso

Oiasso

Oiasso, standing at the mouth of the Bidasoa River was the port city of the Vascones in Roman times.
Algorri

Algorri

The Algorri Interpretation Centre stands in the natural surroundings of Zumaia and provides a splendid opportunity to learn more about different ecosystems.
Nautilus

Nautilus

A visit to the Nautilus Geological Interpretation Centre is like a trip back in time to a period when dinosaurs roamed the earth and ammonites were the kings of the sea.
Arms industry museum

Arms industry museum

The Debabarrena region, and more specifically Eibar, has always had close connections with the arms industry.
The Machine Tool Museum

The Machine Tool Museum

The Machine Tool Museum is a tribute to the ironworkers, blacksmiths and artisans of Elgoibar who consolidated the local iron industry.
Laboratorium museum

Laboratorium museum

The museum takes visitors on a tour of the evolution of education, scientific research and innovation.
Diocesan museum

Diocesan museum

The San Sebastian Diocesan Museum, housed in the Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) Churchbuilding in Amara, exhibits a collection of Basque religious sculptures, paintings and articles in silver and gold dating from the 17th to the 21st centuries.
Soinuenea

Soinuenea

Traditional music is one of the pillars of culture in the San Sebastian Region.
Zumalakarregi museum

Zumalakarregi museum

Ormaiztegi is the setting for the Zumalakarregi Museum, a journey back to the Basque Country of the 19th century, a period of enormous social, cultural, economic and political upheaval.
Tabakalera

Tabakalera

Tabakalera is a space where we can create, explore, share, experiment, discover... An open and diverse cultural space for all people.
Urrelur

Urrelur

The exhibition also has fossils from all over the world, as well as a section exclusively dedicated to rocks.
Aikur

Aikur

The museum explains the way bees live and function, with displays of both old and working hives.
House of history

House of history

The House of History takes a look back in time at the city, and it does so in the place most suited to the purpose: Mount Urgull.
Ekogunea

Ekogunea

This is a project promoted by the Kutxa Social Work department to raise awareness and explain the need for sustainable, respectful behaviour in regard to the environment.
Way of St James interpretation centre

Way of St James interpretation centre

The Way of St James has several routes opened by pilgrims from Europe as they headed for the tomb of James the Apostle in the 9th century.
Mufomi, fossil and mineral museum

Mufomi, fossil and mineral museum

Mufomi, in Elgoibar, has the biggest fossil and mineral collection in the Basque Country.
Naval museum

Naval museum

A place to discover Basque maritime history and heritage.
Photomuseum

Photomuseum

The Argazki & Zinema Museoa in Zarautz reveals the world seen through a lens.
Shepherding eco-museum

Shepherding eco-museum

Standing in the Aizkorri-Aratz Natural Park, the Erreizabal farmhouse immerses visitors in the reality of the shepherds who focus their activity on producing cheese.
Chillida lantoki

Chillida lantoki

Eduardo Chillida made his enormous sculptures at a workshop in Legazpi.
Salt Museum Leintz Gatzaga

Salt Museum Leintz Gatzaga

The White Gold industry played a decisive role in the foundation and economic development of Leintz-Gatzaga.
Z Cultural Space

Z Cultural Space

Cultural site, conceived, planned and created from 1910 to 1920 by Basque painter Ignacio Zuloaga (b. Elgeta 1870).
Ibarraundi Museum

Ibarraundi Museum

The Eskoriatza School Museum was founded in 1986 in premises in the City Hall, to complement the teaching of history in the Luis Ezeiza public school.
Antonio Oteiza Foundation

Antonio Oteiza Foundation

Always adapting to the local circumstances and mimicking the surroundings, Antonio Oteiza's work can be found across the world.
Ur Mara

Ur Mara

Ur Mara is the ideal spot to enjoy the essence of natural beauty and its relationship with art.
Larraul ecomuseum

Larraul ecomuseum

A new museum concept born from local initiative
Museum Menchu Gal

Museum Menchu Gal

She was the first woman to receive the National Painting Prize in 1959 for her work Un paisaje de Arráyoz.