The Research and Documentation Centre for Basque Women Artists: Feminist Artistic Practices and Art Theories is a specialised research space of its own that brings together documentation related to artistic practices analysed by feminist studies. The Centre provides support for research into the various contexts that have revolved around feminism.

These are the main objetives of this documentation centre: to identify, collect, organise, conserve and disseminate bibliographic and documentary sources that contribute to research on these areas of knowledge; and to bring together and conserve documentation and archives of Basque women artists and women artists and thinkers in general linked to the Museum’s programming, its collection and exhibitions.

Objectives of the Documentation Centre

• To bring together, preserve and disseminate documentation and archives of Basque women artists.
• To bring together and preserve documentation and archives of women artists and thinkers linked to the museum’s collection and its programmes.
• To identify, collect, organise, preserve and disseminate bibliographic and documentary sources that contribute to research on artistic practice and feminist thought.
• To position the institution as a point of reference in the field of research on artistic practices and feminist theory.

Lines of action

• Preserve and catalogue documentary archives of Basque women artists, as well as women artists present in the museum’s collection.
• Create a thesaurus on art and feminism.
• Develop lines of acquisition of women artists linked to the Documentation Centre and the museum’s collection.
• Design and produce programmes, seminars, courses, publications, etc.
• Consolidate collaboration networks with women artists, women curators, associations, institutions and other research and documentation centres, as well as international projects,

Opening hours

Monday to Friday: 11am – 2pm and 4pm – 7.30pm
2022 Virgen Blanca Vitoria-Gasteiz city festival: August 4 closed; 8 and 9, closed in the afternoon
Christmas: January 5 closed in the afternoon

Access to the collections of the Research and Documentation Centre is free of charge, but it is necessary to request a prior appointment by calling 945209008 or sending an email to biblioteca@artium.eus.

Consult the bibliographical and documental fund