Musée de Basse-Navarre

Our museum, recently and completely renovated, invites you to discover its rich collections, in the city center of Saint-Palais.

You will travel through time, from the prehistoric period to the kingdom of Lower Navarre which will last until 1620, after the partition of Navarre in 1512, through the Roman occupation and the Middle Ages.

An evocation of Saint-Palais in the 19th century completes the ensemble : emigration to Argentina, prominent figures, Basque pelota, music and dance.

A room entirely devoted to "the etxe", the Basque house, the base of rural society, will reveal the related activities : agriculture, crafts, lintels, discoidal steles.

Two rooms are devoted to the ways of Saint-Jacques, Saint-Palais being located at the European crossroads of the 3 main routes of the pilgrimage of Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle (routes of Tours, Vézelay and Puy-en-Velay).

The Museum houses some sculptures by contemporary artist José Ulibarrena.