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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Past Exhibitions

You can consult the Museum's temporary exhibitions since 1992: