Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe

The Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe (Valencian: Museu de les Ciències Príncep Felip, Spanish: Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe, anglicised as "Science Museum Príncipe Felipe") is a science museum in Valencia, Spain. It is part of the City of Arts and Sciences, an architectural complex within the city and can be found at the end of Luis García Berlanga Street. Its director is Manuel Toharia, a Spanish science writer and television personality.[2]

Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe
Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe
External view of the museum from the southeast
Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe is located in Valencian Community
Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe
Location within Valencian Community
Established13 November 2000 (2000-11-13)
LocationCity of Arts and Sciences, Valencia, Spain
Coordinates39°27′27.36″N 0°21′13.35″W
TypeScience museum
Visitors891,645 (2019)[1]
DirectorManuel Toharia
CuratorGeneralitat Valenciana
Public transit accessAlameda metro station (at distance)
Websitecac.es

The building is over 40,000 square metres (430,000 sq ft), has a height of 55 metres (180 ft),[3] and it resembles the skeleton of a whale,[3][4] a façade that was designed by Santiago Calatrava and was built by a joint venture of Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas and Necso.[5] Its construction started around 1994, it was symbolically inaugurated in March 2000 by Felipe VI, and it opened on 13 November 2000 with an investment of 26 million pesetas.[6]

The purpose of the museum is to have interactive exhibitions and temporary collections related to science and technology without valuable items.[6] Some scenes from the film Tomorrowland (2015) were filmed at the City of Arts and Sciences, including some shots on the museum's cantilever.[7]

References
  1. "El Museu de les Ciènces logra su récord de visitantes en 2019 con 891.645 entradas" [The Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe achieves its record number of visitors in 2019 with 891,645 entries] (in Spanish). 20 January 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  2. Crespo Garay, Cristina (1 October 2021). "Manuel Toharia: 'Tendríamos que estar constantemente maravillándonos de las cosas que nos rodean'" [Manuel Toharia: 'We should be constantly marveling at the things that surround us']. National Geographic (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. Pethe, Pranjali Bhonde (25 November 2019). "Valencia, the World Design Capital 2022, is a city of architectural contrasts". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  4. Symington, Andy (28 October 2021). "Learn about Valencia by visiting its best museums". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  5. "El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe on Structurae database". Structurae.net. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  6. Ferrandis, Joaquín (13 November 2000). "El mayor museo de las ciencias de España" [The largest science museum of Spain]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  7. Borrás, Daniel (7 May 2015). "Valencia y Disney: las claves del acuerdo de 'Tomorrowland" [Valencia and Disney: the key points of the 'Tomorrowland' agreement]. El Mundo. Valencia. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
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