Outlined in 1897 during the Congress of the Bask traditions in Saint Jean de Luz , then drawn before WWI, the project of an ethnological and historical Museum was born in 1922 in Bayonne and opened in 1924. The collections were put then in a house dating from the 18th Century, which was called Dagourette House and which was bordered with 3 warehouses.
Dagourette House painted by Veyrin in 1924		The banks of the river Nive and the Museum in May 2007

The association and the Museum
The 'SAMB' clearly participates to the life of the Museum
It organizes entertainments
- For all kinds of audience, on the 1st Sunday of each month
- For children, except on school-time
- During national events ( European Patrimony Days)
- During local events ( Bayonne Feast, exhibitions)

It supports its Museum educational wing called ARGITU.
The association contributes to the enrichment of the collections, either directly through gifts, or indirectly as a link between the Museum and donors.
It exchanges its publications with more than 80 organizations all over the world and gives to the Documentary Center of the Museum the publications it gets from them.It provides the translation into Basque of the review about the collections of the Museum.
The collaboration with the Museum has become stronger and stronger since its re-opening in 2001. We are careful as its needs either with the keepers or guardians.

Site of the Museum

Further information
The Museum is located in 2 places in the district called' Petit Bayonne' (old town)
The Museum itself ( the one opened to the public) is located in Dagourette House
Musée Basque et de l'histoire de Bayonne
37 quai des Corsaires
F 64100 BAYONNE
France
tel. 33 (0)5 59 46 61 90

Opening times
July and August
From Monday to Sunday included days-off
10 am to 6.30 pm
Free entrance on Wednesday evenings from 6.30 to 9.30

From September to June
From Tuesday to Sunday except on days-off
From Nov 2nd to April 30th : 10 am - 12.30 and 2 - 6pm
From May 2nd to Oct 31st : 10am -6.30 pm

Admission fees
Adults: 5,50€
Reduced : 3€ (students with a card shown)
Groups : 4.50€ Free for people under 18 Free for members of the association (card shown) Free admission on the first Sunday (except on July and August)
The preservation, part of the stock , the Documentary center and the management offices are located in Château-Neuf.
Musée Basque et de l'histoire de Bayonne
Château-Neuf
F 64100 BAYONNE
France
Tel 33 (0)5 59 46 61 85

The reading room of the Documentary center is opened to research workers, students, history lovers or those who just want to have a look.
Entrance: Tuesdays and Thursdays, except on school holidays, from 9.30 -12 and 2.-5 pm

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