This museum (Euskal museoa) houses the most extensive collection of material on the social life of the northern Basque country (Iparralde) of France.
The Maison Dagourette is a rare and beautiful 17th-century port house, which is of course part of Bayonne's history. It is now a listed building and has been home to the Basque Museum since 1924.
The Maison Dagourette is a rare and beautiful 17th-century port house, which is of course part of Bayonne's history. It is now a listed building and has been home to the Basque Museum since 1924.
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00:00UNTERTITELUNG
00:31I'll take you inside now for an initial overview.
00:34The museum was opened in 1924 in the de Gredhaus,
00:38the former residence of a merchant from Bayonne.
00:48Built at the end of the 16th or beginning of the 17th century on the banks of the Neve,
00:53the building is one of the oldest in the city
00:56and is a rare testimony to the type of poor development associated with trade and the bourgeoisie.