Past Exhibitions
Leopoldina Rosa: a story of today
3 February to 13 June 2021
Leopoldina 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.
Women and the Sea
29 January to 19 November 2016
Women 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.
The Pursuit of Happiness
8 March to 30 September 2018
The 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.
Juan de Alcega, Universal Tailor
3 April to 13 October 2019
Juan 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.
Elkano, the first voyage around the world
27 November 2019 to 10 January 2021
Elkano, the first voyage around the world
It conducts a review of this major event from a different perspective, thanks to research by the museum’s director Xabier Alberdi and the resources used and created for the exhibition.
#MUSEALIAK3
April - September 2021
#MUSEALIAK3
The “Musealiak” space presents the story of two dishes, made around 1920, which were part of the tableware of the luxurious Goizeko Izarra yacht.
24H. A day aboard the Victoria
From June 25, 2021 to January 9, 2022
24H. A day aboard the Victoria
The exhibition homes in on the details of life on board, to immerse visitors in a voyage that changed the world.
