Marine Renewable Energies in the Basque Country: Geology and Technology for a Sustainable Future
Mar 04 2025Mar 23 2025
The exhibition consists of 18 panels designed to showcase what marine renewable energies are, explore the geology of the Bay of Biscay and the seabed, and inform about the “made in Euskadi”...
Upcoming exhibitions
“Vanished Landscapes in the Air” by Gerardo D’Abraira
Apr 01 2025Aug 31 2025
The exhibition “Vanished Landscapes in the Air” offers a unique perspective on the industrial past through the lesser-known work of the Bilbao-born draftsman Gerardo...
Past temporary exhibitions
“Plastihistory of Science”
Nov 27 2024Feb 16 2025
Science, Technology, and History come together in the exhibition “Plastihistory of Science” at Rialia Industria Museoa from November 27 to February 16. In collaboration with the Educa Foundation,...
“El Bosque de Oma de Ibarrola”
Jul 03 2024Oct 24 2024
Rialia Industria Museoa hosts the photographic exhibition “El Bosque de Oma de Ibarrola”, organized by Mario Onaindia Fundazioa. The exhibition, featuring over thirty photographs accompanied by...
Action Film Figures
Dec 05 2023Feb 11 2024
The spectacular exhibition on figures from action films has arrived in Portugalete. At the Rialia Museum of Industry you will be able to visit, free of charge, the exhibition displaying collectable...
Tinplate
Feb 01 2023Feb 28 2023
This exhibition organized by the Arrantzaleen Museum of Bermeo allows visitors to learn about the historical development of tinned fish: the materials used, the different types, and the graphic...
Lego Constructions
Dec 01 2022Jan 13 2023
In this exhibition featuring over 230,000 pieces and some 2,100 figures, we will see themes such as Lego City, Creator Expert, Speed Champions, Star Wars, and Technic. Both children and adults can...
The Nervion Estuary in Terms of Science and Technology
Sep 27 2022Nov 20 2022
Through a collection of ten panels with infographs, the Professorship of Scientific Culture at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) wishes to show the citizens of the Territory of Biscay...
Portugalete in Images
Jul 07 2022Sep 06 2022
The Rialia Museum of Industry presents a selection of photographs sourced from different collections and photographic archives that the El Abra Foundation has been compiling for over two decades....
Biscayans in the First circumnavigation of the World (1519-1522)
May 05 2022Jun 26 2022
The Rialia Museum is hosting this travelling exhibition which pays tribute to the Biscayan and Basque sailors who took part in the first circumnavigation of the...
In their Memory
Mar 03 2022Apr 24 2022
To learn about, admire, and tell the story of the situation of women in Portugalete between 1936 and 1941..The documentation used has been sourced from collections catalogued by the Portugalete...
Portugalete in Playmobil. 700 Years of a Naval Town
Dec 01 2021Feb 18 2022
The Rialia Museum of Industry presents an exhibition commemorating the 700th anniversary of Portugalete as a town..The exhibition “Portugalete in Playmobil. 700 Years of a Naval Town” provides a...
Seeds of Iron. Fidel Raso
Sep 15 2021Nov 14 2021
An exhibition of 40 photographs in which Fidel Raso depicts the end of one era and the start of another. Out of the images emanates the silence of the last sigh of the historic Biscay steel industry...
A Long Path towards Equality: Women in the Basque Country in the 20th Century
Feb 18 2021Mar 18 2021
The history of women in the Basque Country throughout the 20th century is a story of progress and setbacks. Their fragile social, labour, legal, and political situation was closely linked to the...
Barbie, Cinema and Fashion
Dec 02 2020Feb 14 2021
We discover the fascinating world of fashion in the company of over 10 haute couture fashion designers, including Armani, Christian Dior and Moschino, and with exclusive designs such as that of...
Zalbidea
Sep 08 2020Nov 22 2020
Roberto Zalbidea died just days before planning for this exhibition began. We do not know which works he would have liked to exhibit or the sense he wanted to convey with the works chosen. As such,...
The Colour of Industry. Ángel Aja
Jun 03 2020Aug 23 2020
In this exhibition, composed of thirty-five oil paintings, Aja traces the development of iron: the journey starts in the Arboleda mines, continuing along the banks of the Galindo River, and towns...
Madelman Universes
Dec 04 2019Mar 20 2020
To pay tribute to this classic toy, the Rialia Museum of Industry, in conjunction with the Muñecos en la Historia (Dolls in History Association) (Cantabria), is displaying a series of dioramas...
BLADE RUNNER BY JOSÉ ABEL
Jul 16 2019Nov 24 2019
The legendary film Blade Runner lends its name to this new exhibition by the Bilbao artist José Abel, presented at the Rialia Museum of Industry. This pictorial display is composed of 21 oil...
THE WORLD OF LEGO CONSTRUCTIONS
Dec 09 2018Feb 22 2019
The Rialia Museum of Industry presents, in conjunction with Hispabrick magazine, a series of dioramas and figures built out of Lego, some of which are original creations, for children, enthusiasts,...
The Star Wars Universe
Dec 01 2017Feb 28 2018
Exhibition extended to 8 April.In connection with the 40th anniversary of the première of the first Star Wars film, the Rialia Museum of Industry is staging an exhibition dedicated to the universe...
Mari Dapena and Portugalete. Art and Commitment
Mar 21 2017Jul 09 2017
Mari Dapena (1924-1995) was a significant artist, and together with Agustín Ibarrola and Ismael Fidalgo, she was one of the driving forces behind the first travelling exhibitions staged in Biscay...
Portugalete Yesterday and Today with Playmobil
Nov 22 2016Feb 28 2017
The Rialia Museum of Industry presents some of the most important historic moments of this noble town, significant buildings, and famous characters, using Playmobil...
NaturE + industrial
May 10 2016Jul 22 2016
The Rialia Museum of Industry, in conjunction with the Asociación de Amigos de la Industria y el Arte (AiA) (Friends of Industry and Art Association) is presenting 27 pieces by the Cordovan artist...
Nancy in Designer Outfits
Dec 22 2015Apr 30 2016
The Rialia Museum of Industry is offering, in conjunction with the Museo del Traje – Suit Museum, a display in which twenty-five Spanish fashion creators re-imagine Nancy with their own designs and...
Fire Brushes
Sep 15 2015Dec 15 2015
In his latest works, this Bilbao artist uses fire brushes to blacken the estuary and create masterpieces with a surprising technique. He uses the flame from a blow-torch directly onto his work, while...
Salvador Dali. Graphic Work
Mar 27 2015Aug 31 2015
The Rialia Museum of Industry offers an exhibition composed of 32 works by the Catalan painter Salvador Dali. He is one of the most notable representatives of surrealist painting and probably the...
Dracula, Prince of Vampires
Dec 09 2014Mar 15 2015
This exhibition, which is being presented for the first time at the Rialia Museum of Industry, centres on one of the literary myths of the past one hundred years. It has awakened and tormented the...
Surf Culture on the Basque Coast
Jul 02 2014Nov 19 2014
The display seeks to make special reference to the pioneers of surf, who began practising this sport in their youth in the 1960s, when surfing was not considered to be a sport but rather an ideology...
Iron Legacy
Mar 11 2014Jun 08 2014
The pictorial display Iron Legacy has been loaned by the family of the painter Ignacio Ipiña and is composed of 42 works, through which the artist has sought to keep alive a legacy that transcends,...
100 Years of Play
Dec 05 2013Feb 28 2014
An exhibition that summarizes the history of dolls and toy dioramas in Spain over a century..All of the items selected are original and belong to the Quiroga-Monte Collection. In the first section...
125th Anniversary of the Railway in La Canilla: Businesses that made it Possible
Sep 17 2013Nov 26 2013
A temporary exhibition that seeks to highlight the huge importance of the arrival of the railway to Portugalete, as well as the importance of our railway industries in the development of the town.
Basque Ball (Pelota Vasca): in Portugalete, the Basque Country, and the World
Jun 18 2013Sep 05 2013
This exhibition reflects the fact that towards the end of the 19th century and due to its industrial development, the town of Portugalete had become a key location where circumstances were ripe to...
Shipwrecks on the Basque Coast
Mar 19 2013Jun 12 2013
The Rialia Museum of Industry, in conjunction with the Untzi Museum-San Sebastian Naval Museum (Guipuzcoa Regional Authority), presents its temporary exhibition Shipwrecks on the Basque Coast. This...
Toys with a History
Nov 13 2012Feb 28 2013
Through the Toys with a History exhibition, originating with the Politécnica University of Valencia, the Rialia Museum of Industry and the Salazar Tower are going to exhibit the recreation of toys...
Iron Soul
Jul 10 2012Oct 30 2012
Fernando Calleja y Goróbil.In his current artistic phase, each one of his works combines oil paints with vestiges, materials, and items taken mainly from the mining and steel-industry decline...
