Exhibitions
Looking Thorugh Heritage
This exhibition is an invitation to rediscover the Heritage that surrounds us, from multiple perspectives. It is a tribute to spaces, environments, architectures, traditions, landscapes that make up our surroundings and tell us about our cultural heritage
Read MoreMoilak. Traditionally Innovative
This exhibition illustrates the important role Basque ports have played in the last two centuries. Ports have always been hubs of economic, social and technological innovation and they have had a direct impact on the historical development of the Basque Country more widely. Is innovation part of our tradition?
Read MoreInmersión: Viaje submarino
We dive into the depths of the sea to learn about the history of scuba diving from ancient times, through the 19th century with the discovery of the Siebe diving suit, to the birth of sport diving in the 20th century.
Read MoreTROMELIN The island of the forgotten slaves
The exhibition shows the history of the forgotten ones of the Tromelin island after the archaeological investigation carried out on the island.
Read MoreTowards the essence
The exhibition shows the creation process of the last comic of the artist Donostiarra Josean Olabe from beginning to end.
Read MoreOzeana
Ozeana is an installation by six artists combining, relating and linking their specific, different views of the sea in a single stylistic ocean of communication.
Read MoreLeopoldina Rosa: a story of today
The Basque Maritime Museum presented “Leopoldina Rosa: a story of today”, an exhibition which comes from and was produced by the Zumalakarregi Museum in Ormaiztegi, a dual look at the phenomenon of migration between the 19th century and the present time.
Read MoreWomen and the Sea
This temporary exhibition informs the general public of women’s relationships with the sea down through the years, without forsaking the role they had played since ancient times in the folklore and mythology of the maritime world.
Read MoreThe Pursuit of Happiness
The Museum wishes to publicise a practically unknown episode in our seafaring history: the assistance by the Basque Country to the thirteen British colonies in their struggle against Great Britain to win independence in 1776.
Read MoreJuan de Alcega, Universal Tailor
The Basque Maritime Museum has recouped the story of Juan de Alcega, an illustrious Gipuzkoa personality who has now been forgotten. He was the author of the first tailors’ treatise published all over Europe.
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