Other museums in San Sebastian and nearby areas include:
Itsas Marine Museum (Itsas Natura Escuela Museo de Mar)
This museum focuses on marine life. It has an extensive collection of fossils that provide a great learning experience for all ages.
Address: Paseo del Malecón, Zarautz
Telephone: +34 943 131 836
Opening Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., 3:00 to 6:30 p.m., Mondays to
Fridays
Zerrain Museum of Ethnography (Museo Etnografico de Zerain)
This museum features the region’s village life as it was in the past. This includes day to day activities such as mining, farming and other rural chores. This open-air museum also has a prison and a sawmill, and audio-visual presentations are regularly featured.
Address: Herriko Plaza, Zerain, Guipuzcoa
Telephone: +34 943 801 505
Opening Hours: 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Guipuzcoan Photographic Society (Sociedad Fotografica)
A hall is dedicated to photographic exhibits by both professional and student photographers. The building is also home to the Guipizcoan Photographic Society and used to be a bathhouse dating back to the 1920's.
Address: Paseo Nuevo, s/n
Telephone: +34 943 421 386
Opening Hours: 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., Mondays to Fridays,
5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Saturdays
Diocesan Museum of San Sebastian (Museo Diocesano de San Sebastian)
This museum features religious art in the forms of paintings, sketches, images and other religious artifacts. The museum is part of the Amara Church.
San Sebastian art gallery open: Tuesday to Saturday - 09:00 to 14:00
Address: Sagrada Familia, 11
Telephone: +34 943 472 362
Confectionary Museum (Museo de la Confiteria)
This museum will surely give Charlie’s Chocolate Factory a run for its money! This is situated in the old Xaxu candy factory. It is like stepping back into the time when candy was a true art form.
Address: Lechuga, 2, Tolosa
Telephone: +34 943 670 727
Opening Hours: By appointment only
Museo Vasco del Ferrocarril
Choo-choo comes the train! This museum features the extensive history of trains and railway systems in the basque country. It features some 50 different carriages, chronometry equipment and a mechanical workshop.
Address: Julián Elorza, 8, Azpeitia
Telephone: +34 943 150 677
Opening Hours: 10:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Tuesdays to
Fridays
Koldo Mitxelena Cultural Center (Centro Cultural Koldo Mitxlena)
Although not strictly a museum, the cultural center often features art exhibits by San Sebastian’s up and coming artists.
Address: Urdaneta, 9
Telephone: +34 943 482 760
Opening Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., Mondays to Fridays,
8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Saturdays
