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A list of Museums and Art Galleries in the Spain

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A list of Museums and Art Galleries in Basque Country

Basque Country - Museums and Art Galleries in Basque Country, including non-profit art centers and galleries, government entities, and private businesses.

NAME	LOCATION	TELEPHONE & WEBSITE	SUMMARY
Artium Museum	Francia Kalea, 24, 01002 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Araba	Telephone: +34 945209000 www.artium.org	The Artium Museum is a contemporary art museum located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the province of Álava in northern Spain. Designed by the architect José Luis Caton, it is owned by the Provincial Council of Álava and opened 26 April 2002 and its director is Daniel Castillejo. The Museum was a created by the initiative of the Provincial Council of Alava, which is the owner of most of the works that are in the museum, and it's the owner of the building too. The aim of this museum is to develop the critical view of the society and to make Alava be associated with art and culture.
Bilbao Fine Arts Museum	Museo Plaza, 2, 48009 Bilbo, Bizkaia	Telephone: +34 944396060 museobilbao.com	It is the second largest and most visited museum in the Basque Country, after the Bilbao Guggenheim Museum and one of the richest Spanish museums outside Madrid. It houses a valuable and quite comprehensive collection of Basque, Spanish and European art from the Middle Ages to contemporary, including paintings by old masters like El Greco, Cranach, Murillo, Goya, Van Dyck, Ruisdael and Bellotto, together with 19th century and modern: Sorolla, Mary Cassatt, Gauguin, Henri Le Sidaner, James Ensor, Peter Blake and Francis Bacon.
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao	Abandoibarra Etorb., 2, 48009 Bilbo, Bizkaia	Telephone: +34 944359080 www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus	The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, and located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. The museum was inaugurated on 18 October 1997 by former King Juan Carlos I of Spain. Built alongside the Nervion River, which runs through the city of Bilbao to the Cantabrian Sea, it is one of several museums belonging to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and features permanent and visiting exhibits of works by Spanish and international artists. It is one of the largest museums in Spain.
Kurutzesantu Museum	Kurutziaga Kalea, 38, 48200 Durango, Bizkaia	Telephone: +34 946550550 -	The Kurutzesantu Museum is a museum located in Durango, Biscay, Spain, created to house the Kurutziaga Cross, a sculpted Gothic cross believed to date from the 15th–16th centuries AD. The cross has been designated a Historic Artistic Monument.
Museo de Bellas Artes de Álava	Fray Francisco de Vitoria Ibilbidea, 8, 01007 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Araba	Telephone: +34 945181918 -	The Museum of Fine Arts of Álava(Museo de Bellas Artes de Álava) is located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the Basque Country. Since its opening in 1942, it has undergone many transformations. The museum is dedicated to Spanish art from the 18th to the 20th century and to the Basque art from the period 1850-1950. Since 1999, the Museum collection has had exhibits ranging from the 13th century to the present day, including a section devoted to numismatics and an open air Museum of contemporary sculpture
Reproductions Museum Bilbao	San Frantzisko Kalea, 14, 48003 Bilbo, Bizkaia	Telephone: +34 944158333 bilbokoberreginenmuseoa.eus	The Reproductions Museum Bilbao, was created in 1927,the purpose of the museum is to compile classic pieces of art for the enjoyment of the local people. Among the works reproduced faithfully from museums like the Louvre, Vatican or British Museum: the Panathenaic Frieze of the Parthenon, the Slaves and the Moses of Michelangelo, the Venus of Milo, the Winged Victory, Laocoon, the Apoxyomenos, Gabies's Diana and Apollo Belvedere, among others.