Museo de la Paz de Gernika

Over het museum

The museum opened on 7 April 1998 as a municipal museum on the Plaza de los Fueros, opposite the City Hall, in a building designed by Manuel María Smith that had housed the courts and the post and telegraph offices. At first it focused on the history of the town and on the bombing of 26 April 1937. Between 1999 and 2002 the building was renovated and the project was redefined as a peace museum, the first of its kind in the Basque Country and in Spain.

In July 2002 it became a foundation, with Gernika-Lumo City Council, the Diputación Foral de Bizkaia and the Basque Government as founding patrons, and on 8 January 2003 it reopened in its present form. It also houses the Documentation Centre on the Bombing of Gernika, which opened to the public in 2003.

The permanent exhibition is organised around four themes: what peace is, the legacy of the bombing of Gernika, audiovisual testimonies from those who lived through it, and the situation of human rights in the world, with Picasso’s “Guernica” as a point of reference. The museum has a reproduction of the painting, not the original, which is in the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid.

Zwaartepunten

• Permanent exhibition on peace, the bombing of Gernika and human rights
• Audiovisual testimonies from survivors of the bombing
• Reproduction of Picasso’s “Guernica”
• Documentation Centre on the bombing of Gernika
• Free admission on Saturday afternoons

Vaste collectie

• Exposición permanente – Route organised around four themes: what peace is, the legacy of the bombing of Gernika, audiovisual testimonies from those who lived through it, and the state of human rights in the world, starting from Picasso’s “Guernica”.

Opgericht

1998

Beheerder

Fundación Museo de la Paz de Gernika

Bezoekers per jaar

ca. 66.609 (2024)

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gratis toegang: Saturday afternoons (winter 16:00–18:00; summer 16:00–19:00) and some special days: School Day for Peace and Non-violence (January), Basque Coast Museums Day (March), anniversary of the Gernika bombing (April), International Museum Day (May), International Day of Peace (September), Day of Memory (November) and International Human Rights Day (December).

Free admission also for ICOM members and teachers from the Basque Country (with accreditation). There is a single pass, a joint card for visiting several museums in Gernika, sold at the Gernika Tourist Office. Tickets can be bought at reception or online at least 24 hours in advance.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The museum has a street-level accessible entrance, a four-person lift with visual and Braille numbering, accessible toilets on the reception floor and on the temporary exhibition floor, rest areas with benches and folding chairs at reception and on the first and second floors, and transcripts of the audiovisuals. All galleries are accessible, except the education department. The audiovisual “La casa de Begoña” has a version in sign language. Only assistance dogs are admitted.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Verschoonruimte
• Speeltuin / speelhoek

On the first floor there is a “children’s corner” for children aged 3 to 10, under the supervision of their families. The education department organises activities and family Sundays; there is also a baby-changing table in the adapted toilet in the shop.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum is on the Plaza de los Fueros, opposite the City Hall, next to the Casa de Cultura and about 50 metres from the Tourist Office and the church of Santa María. Gernika-Lumo is 33 km from Bilbao, 30 km from Loiu airport, 14 km from the motorway at Amorebieta, 105 km from San Sebastián, 70 km from Vitoria and 120 km from Hendaye.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel
• Garderobe
• Kluisjes
• Wifi

Cloakroom and lockers in the shop, with cabinets for storing the bags of a single group together. Free Wi-Fi with no password in the museum and in the Plaza de los Fueros.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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