Since the archaeological remains of the Palaeolithic to the most moderns art expressions, museums are spaces designed big enough to learn and enjoy art and history. Euskadi has an interesting and qualified museum offer where visitors can choose tracing the origins of the Basque Country, discovering the secrets of the sea and science, or admiring the avant-garde art at the Guggenheim Museum, its main torchbearer.

Aquarium

San Sebastian - Donosti, 32 km

The Aquarium offers an educational tour through the sea world, providing a diverse sample of the fauna and flora, which most remarkable element is the skeleton of a whale. Besides, the museum goes in depth into the history of Basque navigation, making use of scale models of the different fishing methods, of the seabeds, etc. The Aquarium boasts a spectacular oceanarium with a 360-degree tunnel, one of the best of its kind in Europe. There are several sorts of sharks among the numerous species that can be admired. In order that visitors could play an active part, there is a room where it is possible to touch different fish species. The Aquarium organises many events.

Guggenheim

Bilbao, 60 km

Collections: Permanent collection of artworks of the most prominent artists of the last four decades; works lent by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (Pop Art, Minimalism, Arte Povera, Conceptual Art, Abstract Expresionism, etc.); monographic exhibitions and contemporary artworks from the Basque Country and the Spanish State..

Zuloaga Museum

Zumaia, 12 km

The Zuloaga Collection is exhibited to the public at the studio of the Basque painter, at the gallery that accommodates his private collection and at the hermitage of the Saint James' Way. Those places are home to important paintings by Ignacio

Zuloaga, as well as other artworks that the artist compiled throughout his life such as Christ on the Cross by El Greco (1500-1600); General Palafox (1808) by Goya; Countess of Baena (1800) by Zurbarán; Saint Úrsula; the portrait of Martínez de la Rosa painted by Vicente López in 1845, the panel by Luis Morales, "El Divino"; the Pietá from the 16th century, as well as other significant carving sand panels. The collection also boasts sculptures by Rodin, The Demon and the Flesh and a bust by Gustav Mahler, as well as a crucified Christ by Julio Beobide, sculptor from Zumaia and close friend of Zuloaga.

Miramon Kutxa Espacio de la Ciencia

San Sebastian - Donosti, 32 km

Kutxaespacio is a Science Centre, a place where scientific information is presented in an attractive, innovative manner, by manipulating objects and carrying out experiments. Visitors will enjoy learning about scientific and technical principles in an accessible, interactive and fun way. This centre for the dissemination of scientific knowledge also includes facilites and sections for the younger ones, an Astronomic Observatoir and a Multimedia Digital Planetarium. Outdoors, miniature scale models of the province of Gipuzkoa are displayed.

Chillida Leku

Hernani, 30 km

Eduardo Chillida's wish to share his work led to the creation of the Chillida-Leku Museum. The open fields adjoining the 16th century Zabalaga Farmhouse are studded with over 40 sculptures of big dimensions made of iron and granite. Within the building smaller sculptures and drawings can be visited. However, the true character of the place lies in the surrounding

garden, which has become an open-air museum that exhibits numerous sculptures. This special setting displays not only the most beloved artworks, but it also constitutes the essence of the author's work.