Room 1: ANTIQUES Exhibitions
200 m2 room on the ground floor, dedicated to exhibitions of antique collections or historical-cultural topics of interest. Two six months exhibitions scheduled annually.
CURRENT EXHIBITION
(The exhibition will open soon)
ART AND CREATIVITY IN PAPER DRESSES
COLLECTION OF THE SOINEKO ASSOCIATION OF GÜEÑES
(International Güeñes Paper Dress Competition)
The collection of paper dresses that the Soineko Association of Güeñes (Bizkaia) is lending for this exhibition at the Orduña Museum, shows the best winning designs of the Güeñes International Paper Dress Competition.
The Güeñes Paper Dress Competition
It is the oldest of its kind, having held its inaugural edition in 1958.
It is recognised for its level of demand. The dresses are unpublished and made only from paper, without any artifice. The result is a display of mastery and originality shown by its designers.
The rules of the competition indicate that all the winning dresses with their accessories will remain the property of the Organising Committee, made up of the Güeñes Town Council, Enkartur and the “Soineko” Paper Dress Association.
Soineko Association
It was established in 2005 with the aim of preserving, expanding, promoting and disseminating the traditional “Paper Dress Competition”, a very unique and characteristic event of the town of Güeñes (Bizkaia) that takes place on the second weekend of September.
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PREVIOUS EXHIBITION
“COFFEE MACHINES OF THE WORLD”
Kepa Aperribai Collection
From February 23 to September 15, 2024
KEPA APERRIBAI, a Biscayan born in Basauri and resident in Amorebieta, is the collector who brings to the Museum of Orduña more than 250 examples of coffee makers that will allow all visitors to learn about the evolution of these devices throughout history, thanks to which coffee is prepared, probably the most consumed drink in the world after water.
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1923 – 2023 ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF FOOTBALL IN ORDUÑA
In 1923, the first team in the City was registered in the Vizcaya Federation: the Orduñés Sports Club and therefore this season marks 100 years of its participation in official competitions. However, in previous years the game of football was already played at the Jesuit College and by extension in any of our streets, squares, fields and neighborhoods.
“Sewing Machine: a Dignified Way of Life”
Collection of Luis de Pedro
From January 27 to September 24, 2023
The challenge, after the successful exhibitions “Antique Plates of the World” and “Antique Radios and Musical Appliances”, was to maintain the level of quality and public expectation for the next exhibition proposal in the museum’s Room 1: “Exhibitions of Antiques”.
In view of how this great collection of LUIS DE PEDRO has been exhibited in the room, we are convinced that it will have a great impact as the previous ones.
Luis de Pedro, born in Zamora but settled in Gernika from a very young age, has the best collection of sewing machines in the whole of the Basque Country and one of the world’s best.
In 1976, together with his wife María Ángeles Armero, who was an embroiderer, they opened a sewing store where there were sewing machines and on weekends he dedicated to mending. This is how he began to like old machines in a special way and, for decades he has visited hundreds of fairs, auctions, museums and exhibitions in Europe, always looking for a new piece to add to his collection.
Throughout these years he has collected, learned and researched the history of these machines, some of which he is the world’s only owner. In his personal museum he has more than 500 pieces, of which he brings Orduña’s Museum more than 400 machines, as well as various related items. Touch the photo to enlarge it
“OLD RADIOS AND MUSICAL DEVICES”
Agustín Erkoreka Collection
(From June 15 to January 15, 2023)
An extraordinary collection of radios and other old musical devices are part of the exhibition in the Antiques Exhibition Hall from July 15.
The collector, who has brought together these 250 devices and other pieces related to this theme, is Agustín Erkoreka with the invaluable collaboration of Pilar Arruza, his wife.
Agustín has developed his work activity in the world of electrical engineering but, the trigger for this hobby, is the attempt to put into operation an old radio, Zenith brand, that his sailor brother brought from Canada to their native village. After this one, others came and, always with the aim for all devices to work correctly, Agustín and Pilar have been treasuring this important collection that today is close to 300 items and of which they are very proud. Touch the photo to enlarge it
ANCIENT IRONS OF THE WORLD
Carlos Uzkiano Collection
(from December, 17 2021 to June, 26 2022)
The private collector Carlos Uzkiano has been collecting over 1,000 irons from 25 countries on five continents over time. It is one of the most important collections in Europe and shows the different times and societies through this daily and socially important activity such as ironing and its historical relationship with clothing.
For the exhibition, Carlos has selected 300 unique irons that are displayed chronologically, from the Egyptian, Greek or Chinese cultures, to medieval Europe, the Modern Age, to today’s advanced technologies.
Without forgetting the use and manufacture of these tools in the Basque Country.
For the exhibition, Carlos has selected 300 unique irons that are displayed chronologically, from the Egyptian, Greek or Chinese cultures, to medieval Europe, the Modern Age, to today’s advanced technologies.
Without forgetting the use and manufacture of these tools in the Basque Country.
