 Setting of San Telmo Museoa at the foot of the hill Urgull by the ocean | |
  Location within the city of Donostia-San Sebastián | |
| Established | 5 October 1902[2] |
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| Location | Zuloaga plaza, 1[1] 20003 San Sebastián Basque Country, Spain |
| Coordinates | 43°19′30″N 1°59′06″W / 43.324922°N 1.984917°W |
| Type | Art museum History museum Ethnography Photography Archeology |
| Collection size | 26,000[3] |
| Visitors | 261.880 (2015)[4] |
| Director | Susana Soto |
| Owner | City of Donostia-San Sebastián |
| Website | San Telmo Museoa |
San Telmo Museoa (English: San Telmo Museum, or STM) is a museum of the Basque society located in Donostia-San Sebastián, addressing old and contemporary Basque culture, arts and history in a European, global context. It moved to its current location in 1932, Zuloaga plaza in the old town, at the foot of the hill Urgull. It occupies a former Dominican monastery complemented by a 21st-century extension.
San Telmo is presented as a museum and, at the same time, as a place to disseminate knowledge and create thought; it is an instrument to understand the present and build the future from encounters with the past and with our roots. In 2011, a major makeover of its facilities took place by adding an extension to the convent and reshaping its facilities along the lines of its new conceptual approach as a museum of the Basque society and citizenship.[5] The museum received a Special Mention in the 2013 best European museum contest organized annually by the Museum Forum.[6]
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- ^ History of San Telmo Museoa, San Telmo Museoa webpage. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
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- ^ "76 EMYA 2013 Best Museum Awards and EMF Annual Assembly". European Museum Forum. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.