Bilbao entdecken

The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, founded in 1908 and opened in 1914, stands in Doña Casilda Iturrizar Park. Its collection runs from the Middle Ages to the present, with Spanish, Basque and European works by El Greco, Goya, Gauguin and Francis Bacon among others. The museum reopened in October 2026 after an expansion.

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art on the bank of the Nervión, opened in October 1997 and affiliated with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Frank Gehry designed its curved, titanium-clad building; Louise Bourgeois's giant spider sculpture Maman stands on the riverside walk outside.

Itsasmuseum Bilbao is the maritime museum of Bilbao, opened in November 2003 on the site of the former Euskalduna shipyard beside the Euskalduna bridge. Its exhibitions trace the estuary's shipbuilding, port and seafaring history; outside, the old dry docks hold boats and the restored red Carola crane.