Past Collaborations and benefits
ARCO
Free admission to the ARCO Art Fair. For Members only
We have renewed our partnership with Fundación ARCO for another year, which means Museum Members will get free admission to Spain’s International Contemporary Art Fair, ARCOmadrid 2024.
This year, ARCOmadrid will be hosting its 43rd edition, with the Caribbean as central project.
From March 1 on, all registered Members will get a code to obtain free entry for direct individual access to the fair on any of the following days:
- FRIDAY 8: 3:00 pm-8:00 pm
- SATURDAY 9: 12:00 noon-8:00 pm
- SUNDAY 10: 12:00 noon-6:00 pm
Pavilions 8 and 9
PLEASE NOTE: One ticket for a single day per Member Card. Limited number of places available.
BBK Live: Buy Your Discount Pass
Would you like to enjoy the best live music at the Bilbao BBK Live Festival, July 11 through 13, 2024, at Kobetamendi?
Thanks to your Museum membership, you can purchase up to two passes with a discount for €135 instead of €150 until February 1, 2024, at 11:59 pm.
Ente, the code you got by email, in the Festival ticket purchase portal and you will get your special Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Members’ price.
FERIARTE
November 11–19, 11:30 am–8:30 pm
IFEMA, Madrid
As Museum Members, you are are invited to Feriarte, the Antiques and Art Fair. Held for the past forty years, Feriarte shows selected pieces from classical Antiquity to modern design and contemporary art.
FIG – Bilbao Print Festival
November 23–26
Palacio Euskalduna
The 12th Bilbao International Print and Art on Paper Festival – FIG will be held at the Euskalduna Conference Center in Bilbao in November, from Thursday 23 to Sunday 26, with Japan as guest country this year.
Thursday 23: 11:00 am–2:30 pm, 4:00–9:30 pm
Friday 24: 11:00 am–9:00 pm
Saturday 25: 11:00 am–9:30 pm
Sunday 26: 11:00 am–8:00 pm
Museum Members: Free admission (just show your Membership Card)
General public: €4.50 (box office)
Antik Passion Auction
April 15-23
This wonderful antique fair, held at Ifema in Madrid, is the perfect showcase for works of art from the eighteenth century to the 1970s. Free admission for Museum Members.
ARCO
Once again, thanks to our collaboration agreement with Fundación ARCO, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Members enjoy free access to this year’s ARCOmadrid art fair on February 24, 25, or 26.
One ticket per Member card for a single day.
How can you visit ARCOmadrid for free?
Show your Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Membership card and oficial ID at the Fundación ARCO desk (IFEMA, North entrance) and you will given admission for the day. Admission tickets are nominative and non-transferable.
REMEMBER: one admission ticket per Member card for one day only
Limited capacity
FERIARTE
From 12 to 20 November, 11.30am to 8:30pm, at IFEMA, Madrid.
Friends of the Museum can enjoy a special invitation to the new edition of Feriarte, an art and antiques fair that has been running for over four decades, bringing together selected works from classical antiquity to 20th century design and contemporary art.
Get your ticket here and enter the invitation code that you will find in your private area, before validating your purchase.
FIG BILBAO
November 24 to 27
FIG Bilbao is hosting its 11th edition at the Euskalduna Conference Centre in Bilbao. Thanks to our partnership with the Festival, Members will get free admission from November 25 to 27. You just have to show your Membership Card!
Torre Loizaga
Have you been to Torre Loizaga? Visit the Miguel de la Vía Collection of vintage, classic, and sports cars with 50% off your admission ticket on Sundays.
ANTIK PASSION Almoneda – Antiques, Art, and Collectors Fair
March 19 to 27, 11:30 am-8:30 pm
IFEMA MADRID – Hall 4
If you are a Museum Member, you can get free admission to ANTIK PASSION Almoneda – a showcase for works of art, antiques and collector’s items from the eighteenth century to the 1960s or 1970s:
Decorative arts in all styles from all over the world, twentieth-century décor accessories and furniture from Art Nouveau or Art Deco to Nordic design and the 1950s, and more.
How to get your ticket:
Get your ticket here. Enter your invitation code before making your purchase
Fundación ARCO
Once again, thanks to our collaboration agreement with Fundación ARCO, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Members enjoy free access to this year’s ARCOmadrid art fair on February 25, 26, or 27.
One ticket per Member card for a single day.
How can you visit ARCOmadrid for free?
Show your Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Membership card and oficial ID at the Fundación ARCO desk (IFEMA, North entrance) and you will given admission for the day. Admission tickets are nominative and non-transferable.
REMEMBER: one admission ticket per Member card for one day only
Limited capacity
Bar and restaurants
With your membership card, you will get 10% off at the Guggenheim Bilbao Bar and the Museum’s terrace bar, and 5% at the Bistró and Nerua restaurants. The perfect chance to try the best food at the best price!
Bilbao and Donostia-San Sebastián came face to face at a culinary derby in Bistró Guggenheim Bilbao
Saturday, February 8 2020
On Saturday, February 8, Bistró Guggenheim Bilbao played host to a special culinary event, where Bilbao and Donostia-San Sebastián came face to face.
The restaurant at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, which serves a selection of traditional dishes from Vizcaya revisited, joined Bodegón Alejandro, an iconic restaurant in the old town in Donostia.
Together, they offered an assortment of their flagship dishes, which in turn represent the regions where each of them stands.
Icons
Between October 25 2019 and February 16 2020, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Members got free access to the Kunsthalle Bremen. Both museums worked together in the exhibition Masterpieces of the Kunsthalle Bremen: From Delacroix to Beckmann.
Arriaga Theatre
Show your ticket at the box office in the Arriaga Theatre for discounts in a selection of shows every season. Up to two (2) tickets per member card.
Check out the shows where being a Member of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao entitles you to 20% discount.
BOS 10: February 3 and 4, 2022 El concierto de Clara Schumann
BOS 12: March 24 and 25, 2022 El romanticismo de Louise Farrenc
Remember:
Ticket purchase: Euskalduna ticket boxes
Maximum: two tickers per Member card
[2020]
January 17 and 18 2020, 7:30 pm
Blanca Li Dance Company
January 15 2020, 7:30 pm
Vögel
Tickets available at the box office of the Arriaga Theatre
25% discount for Museum Members. Up to two (2) tickets per member card.
The creative process behind Fordlandia
For Museum Members only
Sunday, December 20
Lucía Lacarra and Matthew Golding, internationally renowned dancers, shared the keys to Fordlandia, a dance, music and video show that invited audiences to feel and fly away.
In this event for Museum Members only, Lucía and Matthew talked about these hard times and how dance can be a comforting, healing experience. Dreams vs reality, hope vs despair, and others were some of the dilemmas they dealt with in this talk.
This activity was part of the Museum Members’ Day held every year.
Also available in streaming.
BOS
Museum Members get 20% off selected concerts of the Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa (BOS). Just show your membership card when you buy your tickets. Up to two (2) tickets per member card.
[2020]
Concert 11, February 27 and 28: Slatkin and BOS
F.J. Haydn, Symphony No, 70 in D major
Cruixent, “Cyborg” for orchestra
Sibelius, Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
Concert 13, March 26 and 27: Spiritual Canticle
Prada/F. Velázquez: Cántico spiritual (Spiritual Canticle)
Franck: Symphony in D minor
Ondarreta Choir (conductor: Iñaki Moreno)
Singer: Amancio Prada
Conductor: Víctor Pablo Pérez
ARCO
[2021]
Another year, another collaboration with Fundación ARCO. Museum Members get free admission to the new edition of ARCOmadrid for July 9, 10, and 11 through a single ticket generated per Member card.
How can you visit ARCOmadrid for free?
Sign up on the Museum website from June 17 and before July 7 (Activities section for July 9, 10, 11). You will get an e-mail with instructions on how to access the fair.
REMEMBER: ONE SINGLE REGISTER PER MEMBER CARD FOR A SINGLE DAY.
Limited capacity.
ARCOmadrid in Spain’s international fair of contemporary art celebrating in 2021 its 40th anniversary. Throughout the past forty years, ARCOmadrid has become one of the main platforms for the art market and a must in the international art creation scene.
ANTIK PASSION Almoneda - Antiques, Art, and Collectibles Fair
June 12-20 – 11:30 am to 8:30 pm
IFEMA MADRID – Pavilion 3
Being a Member grants you free admission to ANTIK PASSION Almoneda, a showcase for thousands of objects and works of art dating from the 18th century until the 1960s and 1970s. Decorative arts of every style and country, furniture and decorations from the 20th century, Art Nouveau and Art Déco, Nordic style and mid-century modern furnishings.
Get your ticket here And introduce this invitation code before validating your purchase
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