- Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe
-
El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe
Foucault's PendulumPríncipe Felipe Science Museum (Valencian: Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe, Spanish: Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe) is an important visitor attraction in Valencia in Spain. It forms part of the City of Arts and Sciences. It's director is Spanish science writer and television personality, Manuel Toharia.
The building was designed by Santiago Calatrava and was built by a joint venture of Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas and Necso.[1] It opened on 13 November 2000.
The building is over 40,000 square meters in area and resembles the skeleton of a whale.
Everything in the museum is graphically displayed: recent exhibitions have included subjects as diverse as spy science, climate change, the human body and biometrics.
References
External links
Coordinates: 39°27′27.36″N 0°21′13.35″W / 39.4576°N 0.3537083°W
Categories:- Buildings and structures completed in 2000
- Santiago Calatrava structures
- Buildings and structures in Valencia
- Science museums
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
