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MUSEUM

OF SCIENCES

GRANADA

We have visited the Parque de las Ciencias (Sciences' museum), an interactive museum of over 70,000 m2"...

In the Park of Sciences

Our trip to Granada couldn’t be completed without an experience like the visit to the Park of Sciences, the interactive museum where everything is designed for participation and enjoyment at any age.

The “Parque de las ciencias” museum is an interactive museum; the first one of its kind in the south of Spain and a referent as scientific promoter throughout Europe.

Located a few short minutes from the historic city centre of Granada, the Sciences’ Park has turned over about 70.000 m2 into one of the main cultural and sightseeing highlights in Andalusia and into the most visited museum too.

Made up of a wide range of permanent and travelling exhibitions, it is a place where the visitor can learn taking part in an enormous variety of activities regardless of his age.

The museum is composed of several spaces:

The Macroscope; The Pavilions of The Journey through the Human Body,, Prevention Culture, Techno-Forum;; Travelling exhibitions; The Museum Attic’s Exploration, Biosphere, Perception and Eureka Halls; Pendulum of Foucault; Planetarium...

Outside : Butterfly House ; The flying birds of prey workshop; Tower of Observation; Botanical routes; Nature's Pavillion...