Beautiful Bilbao — With Light Showers

We spent almost 4 hours of our first full day in Bilbao at the Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Gehry. The ticket came with an audio guide that provided information on both the building and art. This is the 20th anniversary year for the museum.

A floral-sculptured cat in front of the main entrance to the museum.

A view of the back of the museum with 3 outdoor sculptures and associated walkway.

A close-up of one of the terrace art installations and a person listening to the audio guide which we all were doing for most of the tour — except for the video installations.

Looking out on the terrace at the steam art installation that went off every few minutes

Another view of the steam exhibit, the spider, and the art structure on the bridge

Looking down on part of The Matter of Time art installation by Richard Serra which was commissioned by the museum to fill one wing of the lower floor.

A more complete look at The Matter of Time exhibit. All of the pieces are made of steel and allow the viewers to walk through them. The sides lean in or out to keep the radius of each structure constant.

After the museum and again the following day, we continued our exploration of the city including two self-guided walking tours — The Gran Via and Rationalism. Both days were rainy, but it was more of a heavy mist than downpours, so pretty easy to negotiate.