EUSKAL HERRIA MUSEUM
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ADDRESS: 5, Allende Salazar Street. 48300 GERNIKA-LUMO Tel (+34) 94 625 54 51- Fax (+34) 94 625 74 15 OPENING HOURS: |
The
museum is placed in the monumental center of Gernika, a reference city
in the Basque Country, surrounded by the "Casa de Juntas", the Park of
"Los
Pueblos de Europa" (The Towns of Europe), "El Convento de Santa
Clara"(St
Clare Convent), the local Archive, or the Gothic "Santa
María" (St. Mary)
Church. And the Museum includes what at one time was "Montefuerte"
Palace or the
"Alegría" (Joy) Palace, a baroque building built in 1733 on
a former tower,
with a beautiful romantic garden in the back yard.
The
Museum explains, in a summarized way, the so far
known origins of the Basque Country, its environment and archeology,
its culture and its
development by means of the language, the social and religious
evolution, etnography,
industry and comerce in a period of 150.000 years. The Institutions of
the Basque Country,
from the first documents of the Middle Ages to the 19th century. All
this is shown with
pictures, engravings, oil paintings, mock-ups, an excelent cartography
and nautical
instruments from the 16Ith to the 19th century, within a frame of a
restored and strong
building with some notable references, such as its sight-seeing
roof´s structure..., and
the always excelent attention of its managing director, co-author as
well of the
Architecture Guide you can see in this web site.
W.
V. HUMBOLDT AND EUSKAL
HERRIA
- Exhibitions:
Pictorial
works of Larroque, Gil, M: Losada, F.
Pascual, I. Zuloaga, R. Toja, J.M. Lazkano.
In the
surroundings, esculptures by Henry Moore and
E. Chillida.
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- Exhibitions for the new season:
- Finished exhibitions:
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From November 4 to 30, 2005 |
"FROM GEOMETRYC TO ANTONIO LOPEZ". Albert Sesma. Paint Exhibition. |
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| July 6 - November 1, 2005 |
"BASQUE LANDSCAPES". Museum of Art's Collections at Alava. |
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| April 5 - May 2,
2005 |
"MIKEL VALVERDE BBK AGENDA" |
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| March 1 - April 3, 2005 |
"LA MUJER Y EL DEPORTE" |
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| November 30, 2004 - January 9, 2005 |
"pAGASARRI. jULIAN REDONDO". Photographs. |
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| From November 3 to 28, 2004 |
"JOKIN MITXELENA". Drawings. |
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| October 2 - November 1, 2004 |
"PAISAJES DEL NERVION E IBAIZABAL". José Luis Ramírez. |
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| June 1 - September 5, 2004 |
"FELIPE MANTEROLA, FOTOGRAFO DE UNA SOCIEDAD RURAL" |
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| From May
4 to 30, 2004 |
"EL MUSEO DEL PRADO VISTO POR 12 ARTISTAS CONTEMPORANEOS" |
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| April 6 - May 2,
2004 |
MARGARITA ANDREU, CIRCULATIONS |
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| Until April 7, 2002 Museums and Institutions that have colaborated: - San Telmo Udal Museoa (Donostia Kultura) - Museo de Navarra (Gobierno de Navarra) - Euskal Arkeologia, Etnología eta Kondaira Museoa. - Musée Basque de Bayonne (Mairie de Bayonne) - Museo de Arqueología (Diputación Foral de Alava) - Eleiz Museoa, Bizkaia. - Obispado de Bilbao. - Elorrioko Udala / Argiñetako Kofradia. - Private Collectons / Bilduma pribatuak |
Remains of the Past in the Basque Country
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| Until December 18, 2001 |
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
JOAQUÍM GOMIS "The Photographic World by Joaquim Gomis" |
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| Until November 4, 2001 |
ARS LIGNEA Churches of wood in the Basque Country |
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| Until May 20, 2001 |
DRAWINGS BY JORGE GARCIA |
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| Until April 22, 2001 |
WOMAN AT WORK |
