{"id":6424,"date":"2022-04-13T07:35:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T05:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gernikainfo.eus\/what-to-see\/gernikas-museums\/museo-euskal-herria\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T18:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:52:06","slug":"the-euskal-herria-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gernikainfo.eus\/en\/what-to-see\/gernikas-museums\/the-euskal-herria-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"The Euskal Herria Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A history that endures over time...<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The home of the Euskal Herria Museum is the magnificent Palace of the Count of Montefuerte<\/strong>, the Alegria Palace, built in 1733<\/strong>. It stands in a part of Gernika that was spared from the bombs that fell on the town in 1937<\/strong>, during the Civil War. But the building goes back much further than that and is inextricably linked to the history of the Basque Country. The original structure was a medieval tower whose function was primarily defensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1982, it was acquired by the Provincial Government of Vizcaya which, respecting its most significant typological elements, set about restoring it so that it could be put to a new use in keeping with its symbolic history: the Euskal Herria Museum, which was opened to the public in 1991.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What can I see inside the museum?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Museum has four floors of exhibition space:<\/p>\n\n\n\n