# The best museums in Bilbao

From Gehry's Guggenheim to the Fine Arts Museum and the estuary's maritime memory.

- 53 votes · 10 items
- Sep 2, 2025 · Itziar Redondo Diez
- https://even.best/en/l/3348/the-best-museums-in-bilbao

## Top 10

1. **Guggenheim Museum Bilbao** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Gehry's building that gave its name to the 'Bilbao effect'.
2. **Bilbao Fine Arts Museum** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Over 10,000 works from the 13th century to today.
3. **Archaeological Museum of Bizkaia** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — The province's archaeology museum.
4. **Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — In the Encarnación convent.
5. **Museum of Artistic Reproductions** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Casts of classical sculpture in a church.
6. **Azkuna Zentroa** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Cultural centre in the old wine warehouse, with a glass-bottomed pool.
7. **Itsasmuseum** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — The estuary's maritime museum, in the old shipyards.
8. **Basque Museum** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Basque ethnography in an old school in the Casco Viejo.
9. **Athletic Club Museum** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Beneath the San Mamés stands.
10. **Holy Week Floats Museum** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Bilbao's procession carvings.

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