Location: Province of Vizcaya
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Things to do in Province of Vizcaya, Basque Country: The Best Specialty Museums
Biscay (Basque: Bizkaia; Spanish: Vizcaya) is a province of Spain located just south of the Bay of Biscay. The name also refers to a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay. Its capital city is Bilbao. It is one of the most prosperous and important provinces of Spain as a result of the massive industrialization in the last years of the 19th century and first half of the 20th century. Since the deep deindustrialization of the 1970s, the economy has come to rely more on the services sector.
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1. Antzasti-Euskaldunon Etxea
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5.0 based on 7 reviews
2. Museo de Coches Clasicos y Antiguos Torre Loizaga
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5.0 based on 77 reviews
3. Txakolingunea
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5.0 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By EmilyM39
We had a fantastic visit to this museum. The museum itself has a lovely and very informative overview about Txaculi- the white wine of the Basque region. More importantly, though, the people working here could not have been more friendly. They helped us find wineries in the region to visit, and even called to make reservations for us at the nearby San Juan. Definitely recommend a stop here!
4. Museo Mercedes-Benz Barakaldo Aguinaga
5. Museo de la Mineria del Pais Vasco
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4.5 based on 35 reviews
6. Museo de la Paz de Guernica
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4.5 based on 272 reviews
El Museo de la Paz de Gernika nos invita a recordar, reflexionar y perdonar. Además, pretende acercar al visitante la historia del bombardeo de Gernika, la Guerra Civil y el exilio, 3 acontecimientos dramáticos que forman parte de la historia del pueblo vasco.
Reviewed By bockscar1 - Los Angeles, United States
Well worth the visit. Basque and Spanish; beginning placards are clearly numbered and have translations in a book they hand you English. Later texts are not numbered and become difficult to follow. Five QR codes I tried presumably to get more detailed info all had failing URLs. Artifact and photo captions are not translated, and I'd really love to know what I’m looking at. Much of museum feels like an extended poem on peace, anti-pollution, etc. The historical meat is the smaller section and made my visit by contextualizing the city and displaying insightful artifacts. Clearly much love was put into the presentations, but I'm surprised if the aspiration is to be a modern museum attracting foreigners why English wouldn't be baked in everywhere. Temporary exhibition of cartoons from 1936-7 really well-curated, all with English captions, definitely worth checking out. Bummer all museums in city seem to close 2-4pm. That makes it awfully tough on a day trip. Still, worth the stop for the historical section if not the rhetoric.
7. Ferreria de El Pobal
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4.5 based on 31 reviews
El Pobal Ironworks is located in Muskiz, in a beautiful bend of Barbadun River, whose water power up this old hydraulic device that made iron for more than 500 years. This foundry, which has been declared Monumental Complex, is the best preserved of the many that existed in Biscay and the only one that has survived until our days with a good part of its machinery. During the visit, you will enjoy a practical demonstration in the forge and in the metal workshop. Without a doubt, it represents one of the most remarkable elements of our historical and cultural heritage. The Foundry was built at the beginning of the XVIth Century by the Salazar, the lineage that dominated this region named Encartaciones. During the XVIIIth Century the installations and the hydraulic infrastructure was completely rebuilt and at the end of the XIXth Century the foundry was converted into a metalworking workshop that extended its productive life until 1965.
8. La Encartada Fabrika Museoa
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4.5 based on 52 reviews
9. Centro de interpretacion de la Pasion Viviente de Balmaseda
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4.5 based on 5 reviews
10. Museo Simon Bolivar
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4.0 based on 14 reviews
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