Museums in San Sebastian
Museo Mariposas del Mundo (Butterfly Museum)
Where: Larretxipi, 5 Bajo
This museum has a collection of over 7000 butterflies and insects from different parts of the world. There you can find the lives and detailed characteristics of butterflies, so get ready for very colourful afternoon in the Butterfly Museum.
Museo de San Telmo (The San Telmo Museum)
Where: Plaza Zuloaga 1
This museum exhibits Basque artwork. Works of well known artists such as Josep Maria Sert or Rubens are displayed there. The exhibition includes paintings, frescoes and sculptures, from 19th and 20th centuries.
Museo Naval (Naval Museum)
Where: Paseo del Muelle, 24
Naval Museum, as it is showed in the name, is focused on the history of naval and its constructions. There you also can find a wide collection of marine books and some important documents as well as different artefacts that are significant for the city´ś maritime past.
Museo de Medio Ambiente (The Environmental Museum)
Where: Barrio Loyola, 1
This museum is all about the technology´s impact on the environment. It tries to analyse and show to what extend increased population, various developments, traffic and many other factors effect the quality of life in urban areas.
Museo Diocesano de San Sebastian (Diocesan Museum of San Sebastian)
Where: Sagrada Familia, 11
This museum is focused on religious art. There is an extended exhibition with different religious artworks in the forms of paintings, images and sculptures from the 8th to the 19th century. Important thing is that all artefacts are displayed in chronological order so you can easily follow the development of religious art.
Sociedad Fotografica (Photographic Society)
Where: Paseo Nuevo, s/n
This is very popular hall which exhibits an impressive collection of photographs and videos taken by both well known professional photographers and students. Moreover, from time to time you can find various workshops taken place over there.
Museo de la Confiteria (Confectionary Museum)
Where: Lechuga, 2, Tolosa
Probably one of the most exciting museums in San Sebastian. Once you step in there, you remember the movie ´Charlie’s Chocolate Factory´. The museum intends to show that chocolate and candies can be a form of art too. One advice – don´t go there hungry 
Museo Vasco del Ferrocarril (Museum of Basque Rail)
Where: Julián Elorza, 8
The Museum shows the history of trains and railway system in Basque country. There you can see an extensive exhibition of trains and mechanical workshop.
