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
Woman and the Spanish Civil War
When the war broke out in July 1936, women’s life is profoundly transformed and even though the hard living conditions they played a political, social and military roles. So, they organized to grip arms, to work in weapon factories or become a war correspondents, contributing to the war effort…
STITCHING PEACE: Conflict, Arpilleras, Memory
The collection of arpilleras and other textile pieces in this exhibition STITCHING PEACE: Conflict, Arpilleras, Memory is drawn from Northern Ireland, England, Spain, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Zimbabwe, Germany, and Colombia. Here, women recount their experiences of conflict and human rights abuse, using the most ordinary domestic materials, such as needle, thread and scraps of fabric.
The Reconstruction after the Civil War
In the 78th anniversary of the bombing of Gernika, this exhibition presents a selection of books on the heritage reconstruction after the war led by ‘Regiones Devastadas’, making special attention to the reconstruction of Gernika…
The Postwar Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage: ‘Devastated Regions’ in Gernika
In the aftermath of war cultural heritage is often turned to as a guiding element in the reconstruction process. There are two key dynamics that motivate this interest. One is the desire to repair, restore, and recover what has been lost through the destruction…
Dialogue Among Civilizations
Dialogue Among Civilisations is a collaboration between artists and poets representing 35 countries and six Durban (South Africa) sister cities. Participants were invited to create work on the theme of Identity, land, object and belief. Through this exhibition, 42 visual artists and 41 poets voice their concerns of the various communities they represent…
The Spanish Civil War and the cinema
As part of its cultural activities, the Documentation Centre on the Bombing of Gernika organises bibliographic exhibitions to disseminate its collection of books. The exhibition The Spanish Civil War and the cinema is a bibliographic exhibition…
TRANSIT Gernika
What was Gernika like before the bombing? How did it change after its reconstruction? What are the memories and experiences of the people who lived or have lived there at different times?…
Correspondents in the Spanish Civil War
The exhibition Correspondents in the Spanish Civil War is a bibliographic exhibition that consists on a selection of books about this subject.
Basque Children’s Exile
During the Spanish Civil War, thousands of Basque children fled abroad, leaving their families. Many of them returned at the end of the war but many others suffered decades of exile…
Vignettes for human rights
The exhibition ‘Vignettes for Human Rights’ was born from the International Competition organized by the Fernando Buesa Foundation…
Essential books on the bombing of Gernika
The bibliographic exhibition is made up of a selection of books on the bombing of Gernika belonging to different authors who have wanted to write the history of what happened…
Everyday Objects Transformed by the Conflict
Everyday Objects Transformed by the Conflict brings together many views and experiences of the recent conflict in and about Northern Ireland…
Duración aproximada de la visita: 1 h 30 min
Entradas
Foru plaza, 1
E48300 Gernika-Lumo
Bizkaia, Euskadi.
- Martes-Miércoles-Jueves-Viernes: 10:00 - 18:00h
- Sábado: 10:00 - 14:30h, 16:00 - 18:00h
- Domingo: 10:00 - 14:30h