An artistic and historical exploration reflecting on the memory and evolution of the San Telmo Museum. 🎨🏛️

As part of the seventh edition of the Museo Bikoitza program, artists Usue Arrieta and Ainara Elgoibar, members of the Tractora artists' cooperative and selected by Maddi Barber, present their joint research project.

🎨 Museo Bikoitza: "Baltzune + P-003687"

📅 From June 12, 2026 to June 12, 2027

🕐 Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 19:00

📍 San Telmo Museum, Donostia / San Sebastián

🎟️ €4 / €10

📖 Artistic research into the museum collection

Both artists take the institutional history of San Telmo Museum as their central reference. Ainara Elgoibar investigates piece P-003687, the catalog code for the sculpture "Los Fundadores: Alonso de Idiáquez y Gracia de Olazábal", focusing particularly on the physical cut separating the two figures.

Meanwhile, Usue Arrieta traces the cardinal role that civil society played in establishing the museum. Using letters sent to the museum director in 1917, she explores through sound the relationship between the discipline of anthropology and artistic creation in the Basque Country.

🏛️ The Museo Bikoitza program and Tractora cooperative

Museo Bikoitza regularly invites contemporary artists to re-examine the permanent collection. In this iteration, the collective efforts of the Tractora members merge sculpture, archival manuscripts, sound exploration, and critical museum history.

ℹ️ Good to know: Open Tuesday through Sunday; the museum is closed on Mondays.

✨ A captivating chance to rediscover San Telmo's heritage through fresh contemporary lenses.