Dagourette Mansion

The Dagourette House

A stop on the Bayonne audio-guided tour, the Dagourette House houses the Basque and Bayonne history museum. This former port residence was built in the seventeenth century and bears the name of a Bayonne merchant of the time.

From a residence to the Basque Museum

The merchant Dagourette turned these former warehouses into a fine bourgeois residence. The building then became a convent, then a hospital in the eighteenth century. In 1924, entirely renovated, it became the Basque Museum, dedicated to the region's culture.

What to see

Over three floors and twenty rooms, the museum reveals the largest ethnographic collection dedicated to the Basque Country. Objects and works of art, mostly from the twentieth century, trace the origins, architecture, festivals, history and crafts of the region, as well as the daily life of its inhabitants. An essential visit to understand Basque culture.

Practical information

The Dagourette House is on the bank of the Nive, in Petit Bayonne. Opening days, hours and prices of the Basque Museum should be checked depending on the season.

What does the Dagourette House hold ?

The Basque and Bayonne history museum, with the largest ethnographic collection of the Basque Country.

What was the building's past ?

A seventeenth-century port residence, which became a convent then a hospital, before housing the Basque Museum in 1924.