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CosmoCaixa
Download date: 09/12/2024
Standing at the foot of Tibidabo, CosmoCaixa offers something for everyone and a hands-on experience of science.
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Museums
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- Accessibility
- Accessible for people with physical disabilities
Popularising science
CosmoCaixa, Barcelona’s science museum, is housed in a Modernista building dating from 1909 that was designed by the architect Josep Domènech i Estapà. Initially it was a home for the blind, the Empar de Santa Llúcia, which closed in 1979. Two years later the first popular science museum in the whole of Spain and one of the best in Europe, opened there. This was an innovative idea for taking science to the public.
Following a refurbishment in 2004 that expanded the museum’s facilities to the current 50,000 square metres, it was renamed CosmoCaixa and is known by that name today.
A place to enjoy
Museum highlights include the Planetarium, which offers an extraordinary space voyage, travelling though time to the stars and planets; the Geological Wall, consisting of seven large cuts of real rock for geological interpretation; the Matter Room, where you can become a scientist and set the limits to physics; and the Flooded Forest, which recreates an Amazonian ecosystem including animal and plant species from that part of the world. To create this exhibition, scientists travelled to the Brazilian state of Pará to make exact moulds and faithful reproductions of the large trees and plants that grow there.
CosmoCaixa represents a real challenge to the senses and it is one of the best leisure options in the city, designed for young and old alike. Housed in a landmark building, it has put Modernisme at the service of the most modern science.
Location and contact
Location and contact
CosmoCaixa
- Address:
- Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26
- Districte:
- Sarrià-Sant Gervasi
- Neighborhood:
- Sant Gervasi - la Bonanova
- City:
- Barcelona
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- Phone number
- 932126050 (Switchboard)
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- Links
- Web: https://cosmocaixa.org/ca/
- Email: icosmocaixa@magmacultura.com
Timetable and prices
Timetable
Dies | Hores | Preus | |
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Cada dia i festius excepte 24 desembre, 31 desembre i 5 gener Tancat 25 de desembre, 1 i 6 de gener |
de 10:00 h a 20:00 h | Entrada general: 8 € Gratuït: - joves fins al 16 anys - clients "La Caixa" - 11 de febrer (Santa Eulàlia) - 18 de maig (Dia Internacional dels Museus) - 24 de setembre (la Mercè) |
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24 desembre, 31 desembre i 5 gener |
de 10:00 h a 18:00 h | ||
La Nit dels Museus 2024: 18 de maig |
de 19.00 h a 01.00 h | Entrada Gratuïta |
Events
Events
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Espectacle 'La sandalia de Pitàgores'
When: From 21/12/2024 to 04/01/2025
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Exposició 'Bosc inundat'
When: Permanent event
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Taller 'Planetari bombolla'
When: From 20/09/2024 to 05/01/2025
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Exposició 'Sala Univers'
When: Permanent event
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Exposició 'Base Antàrtica'
When: Permanent event
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Visita "Planetari Digital"
When: From 21/12/2024 to 07/01/2025
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Exposició 'El Mur geològic'
When: Permanent event
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Escape room "El Somni de Fibonacci"
When: From 21/12/2024 to 05/01/2025
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Taller 'Micràrium'
When: From 28/09/2024 to 15/12/2024
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Taller 'Creactivity'
When: From 13/01/2024 to 15/12/2024
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Exposició 'Exposició Matemifasol. Un viatge sonor del caos al cosmos'
When: From 21/12/2024 to 12/01/2025
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Activitat 'Clik. Nou espai d’experimentació'
When: From 23/03/2024 to 07/01/2025
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Una nit al Museu 'Dormint a l’Amazònia'
When: From 23/11/2024 to 22/02/2025
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Exposició 'Matemifasol. Un viatge sonor del caos al cosmos'
When: From 10/07/2024 to 12/01/2025
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'Vida microscòpica' amb Iara Chapuis
When: 14/12/2024
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Taller "Notes de ciència"
When: From 12/10/2024 to 15/12/2024
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Taller 'Gratacels verds'
When: From 30/11/2024 to 15/12/2024
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Taller 'Laboratori de bombolles'
When: From 05/10/2024 to 15/12/2024
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Tallers "Una meravella col·lectiva"
When: From 26/10/2024 to 16/02/2025
Discover other related points of interest
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Pl Tibidabo 3*4
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Judea 2
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Carretera del Carmel 23