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The Bibat building, site of the Álava Archaeological Museum

  • Exterior of the Bibat Álava Archaeological Museum building. Vitoria – Gasteiz ©  Quintas. Diputación Foral de Álava

    Exterior of the Bibat Álava Archaeological Museum building. Vitoria – Gasteiz © Quintas. Diputación Foral de Álava

  

Category

Architecture and civil engineering

Date

2009

Artist

Francisco Mangado

Style

Contemporary
Cuchillería Aiztogile kalea, 54
01001 Vitoria
Álava - Araba, Basque Country

A functional, modern and aesthetically pleasing building, perfectly suited to its function of displaying and showcasing in its rooms all the archaeological material in the museum's collection.
 

It shares an entrance courtyard with the Fournier Playing Cards Museum. The ground floor, on the lower level, is the site of the library and workshops. The entrance level has a function room and a temporary exhibition room. The upper levels house the permanent exhibitions. The floors are connected by means of a main stairway which forms part of the bronze façade of the building.
Its appearance is reminiscent of a chest or a box. In its interior, the colours of the floors and ceilings are very dark, almost black. The rooms are traversed by various prisms of white glass which collect the daytime light from the roof and which also serve as supports for the information panels on the exhibitions.
 

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Performance by Makaya McCrave at the 2019 Jazz Festival of Vitoria-Gasteiz © Adrián Ruiz de Hierro. Vitoria-Gasteiz Jazz Festival

Jul 3, 2023 to Jul 9, 2023

Festival

TEATRO PRINCIPAL - Vitoria
Vitoria-Gasteiz Jazz Festival

Photo of the Year finalist. Fighting Locust Invasion in East Africa © Luis Tato, Spain, for The Washington Post

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Exhibition

Montehermoso Cultural Centre - Vitoria
Exhibition: World Press Photo

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Festival

TEATRO PRINCIPAL - Vitoria
Vitoria International Theatre Festival

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