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Museums in Bilbao
Where: c/ Conde Mirasol, Bilbao
Phone: +34 944 157 673
Here you can see the world most famous works of art in full-scale reproduction. If you are interested of Classical, Greek or Renaissance art, this is the place for you. 
What makes this museum special is that they have painting and model making classes. They also boast a videoteque, audio-visual room, workshop and photographic laboratory.
Basque Museum
Where: Plaza Miguel de Unamuno, 4, Bilbao
Phone: +34 944 155 423
Opening Times: Tuesday to Saturday: 11:00 to 17:00
Sundays: 11:00 to 14:00
Mondays & Public Holidays: Closed
Entrance: Adults: €3, Groups & Students: €1.50, Seniors & children under 10: Free Thursdays: Free
This museums gives a very detailed and extremely interesting overview of history, life, culture and traditions in the Basque country. It’s definitely worth a visit.
Bilbao Bullfighting Museum
Where: Vista Alegre Bullring
Phone: +34 944 448 698
Opening Times: Monday to Friday: 10:30 to 13:00 & 16:00 to 18:00 Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays: Closed
Entrance: €1.20
The museum contains an extensive array of Bullfighting memorabilia: costumes, capes, swords and even the stuffed heads of famous bulls. It also chronicles the history of Bullfighting in Spain.
Bilbao Fine Arts Museum
Where: Plaza del Museo 2, Bilbao
Phone: +34 944 396 141
Opening Times: Tuesday to Saturday: 10:00 to 20:00
Sunday & Public Holidays: 10:00 to 14:00
Closed: Mondays
Entrance: Adults: €4.50, Groups, Students & Seniors: €3 Wednesdays: Free
This museum is full is some superb art from different eras and varying places…well worth a visit.
Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art
Phone: +34 944 320 125
Opening Times: Tuesday to Saturday: 10:30 to 13:30 & 16:00 to 19:00
Sundays & Public Holidays: 10:30 to 13:30 & Closed on Mondays
Entrance: Adults: €2, Students, Seniors & Children under 18: €1, Groups: €6 Thursdays: Free
If you want to know more about the works related to religious art in Bizkaia, this is the right place for you! The building is the old Convento de la Encarnacion, which opened to the public as a museum in 1995. The collection contains: religious silverware, sculptures and the sacred vestments dating from the 16th to the 20th centuries.
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Where: Abandoibarra Et. 2, Bilbao
Phone: +34 944 359 080
Opening Times: Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 to 20:00
Entrance: Adults: €7, Students & Seniors: €3.50, Children under 12: Free
This special museum is designed by the architect Frank O. Gehry and is one of the most famous designs in the world today, you may remember it from the opening scene of ‘James Bond: Tomorrow Never Dies’. It was built on a 32,500 square meter site in the center of Bilbao. This gives the museums a phenomenal eleven thousand square meters of exhibition space which is distributed in 19 galleries! So if you are an art lover you really have to visit this museum where you can study the most representative art and artists of our time.
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