The Parque de las Ciencias is an interactive science museum spanning 70,000 m2, whose location is a fifteen-minute walk from Granada’s historic centre. Officially opened in 1995, it constitutes the most visited museum in Andalusia. More than five million people have become acquainted with its facilities, a figure which has consolidated the museum’s status as an international benchmark institution for the popularisation of science in Southern Europe. It is open all year round, from Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays, and offers activities and exhibitions that cater for all audiences.
The museum comprises seven permanent exhibition pavilions, an area measuring 5,000 m2 for temporary exhibitions, as well as spaces including the Digital Planetarium, the Cultural Gallery, Library, Cinemas, Auditorium and Windows on Science. Here, themes such as health, the environment, the scientific legacy of Andalusian culture, architecture, literature, physics, chemistry, mechanics and astronomy, among others, are addressed.
In addition, it is an open-air museum comprising 27,000 m2 of green areas that also feature exhibition spaces such as the Observation Tower, the Tropical Butterfly Garden, the Astronomical Observatory, the Flying Predators Workshop, Botanical Routes, the Plant Labyrinth, the Garden of Astronomy and the Mental Gymnastics Tent.
MORE INFORMATION: Parque de las Ciencias Website
Parque de las Ciencias
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