A visit to the Artium Museum

"Una visita al Museo Artium"
Spanish B1 writing exercise

María remembers the Saturday she visited the Artium contemporary art museum in Vitoria with her cousin Pablo.

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Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "guided tour", "contemporary art", "sculpture", "painting" and "to promise".

Written by qualified Spanish expert Silvia Píriz BA
Last updated: 2026-05-20

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Last Saturday, my cousin Pablo and I visited the Artium Museum in Vitoria. It was a cold and rainy day in the Basque Country. We arrived at the museum at ten in the morning. Pablo wanted to take a guided tour because he didn't know much about contemporary art. Our guide was a young woman called Maite. She explained that the museum had opened in 2002. The collection included works by Chillida, Oteiza and other Basque artists. I was very impressed by a huge sculpture in the main hall. While I was looking at the paintings, Pablo took lots of photos. At noon we had lunch at the museum cafeteria. It was a wonderful day, and I promised Pablo we would return soon.

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