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Salvador Dalí Museum

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Cervantes House Museum

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Museums in Other Spanish Cities

Frank Gehry

The great flourishing of the artistic establishment in Spain in the past two decades has seen an unprecedented proliferation in the establishment of new and specialised museums all over the country. The result is evident: these days Spain counts with one of the most comprehensive and complex networks of art museums in the continent, with particular emphasis on contemporary art institutions.

This relatively recent tendency can be traced back to the creation in 1997 of what has become one of the most renowned buildings in the world: the Guggenheim Museum of Bilbao, built by guru-architect Frank Gehry. Commonly considered a deconstructivist building, the Guggenheim emerges from the twists and turns of the meandering Nervión river to stun the unaware traveller with its shining plates that evoke both a ship at sea and the scales of fish.

Spectacular as it is, the Guggenheim was far from the final expression of a project that had begun back in 1991. Instead, the success, both in terms of income and reputation, that it brought to the capital of the Basque country triggered similar initiatives all over the country.

ARTIUM

These days similar museums exist in Álava (ARTIUM), Vigo (MARCO), Valladolid (Patio Herreriano), Murcia (Centro Párraga) and many other provinces. as well as the Guggenheim in Bilbao, another of the outstanding museums in the country is the Fundación Pilar y Joan Miró musum in the island of Mallorca, which combines with another enviable institution, Es Baluard in Palma, to create a sophisticated cultural offer in the Balearic islands.

Whether you decide to visit Spain on a short trip or on a long stay, to soak the sun on the beach, whetever the case you would be ill advised to miss out of the wealth of cultural activities available even in the smallest cities of the peninsula and the surrounding islads.