Spanish Civil War and Education
This exhibition brings together a selection of monographs showing how Franco’s regime indoctrinated society through education.
The Eye of the Needle: Girls and Boys of the War
This exhibition aims to make visible the experience of the Basque children who were evacuated in 1937 during the war and the military coup of 1936. Through testimonies, photographs, documents…
Permanent exhibition
The permanent exhibition of the museum operates around three mayor questions…
Upcoming exhibitions
MemoriArtean IV: Sendas de la desmemoria
Fosil Guía: Arqueología de la Guerra Civil
Past exhibitions
Women and Children in a Europe in War (1914-1949)
Through three thematic modules, this exhibition focuses on the childhoods in European wars, on the mobilization and humanitarian commitment of women, and on the long road of constructing memory from…
The Civil War in the press
This exhibition presents a selection of the books we have considered most relevant and which reflect the work of the press, both written and graphic, during the war and its…
Outbound Ticket
One ship, more than two thousand refugees. One story. Through personal narratives and by uncovering the memory of her refugee grandfather, a young man of 19 when he arrived in…
Foreign involvement in the Spanish Civil War
Coinciding this year with the 85th anniversary of the bombing of Gernika we present an exhibition on foreign participation in the Civil War.
Confronting Dismantled Memories: Remembrance and Civil War
The topic of the Spanish Civil War and its consequences has proven an unusual one for many artists working after the end of Franco’s dictatorship.
Memory and Exile
The Documentation Centre on the Bombing of Gernika organises bibliographic exhibitions with the aim of disseminating its bibliographic collections. On this occasion the theme is Memory and Exile.
Memory and exile
All the documents on display are kept in the documentation centre and will be available for anyone.
The Comics and the Spanish Civil War
The bibliographic exhibition presents a selection of comic books on the Civil War…
Cartoons to Remember. Cartoons published in the Bilbao newspapers during the war in the Basque Country (1936-37)
The Gernika Peace Museum has opened to the public an interesting temporary exhibition entitled ”Cartoons to Remember. Cartoons published in the Bilbao newspapers during the war in the Basque Country (1936-37)” curated by historians Aline Soberon and Txema Uriarte.
The Basque Government in exile
This time the exhibition is a selection of books concerning the role played by the Basque Government during the exile due to the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)…
Permanent exhibition room renovated
The Gernika Peace Museum has renovated a room of its permanent exhibition
Childhood and Civil War
The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) affected the entire population. The children suffered the consequences of the war in a severe way…