General Information
| Other name(s): | Museo de las Ciencias «Príncipe Felipe» |
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| Beginning of works: | 1995 |
| Completion: | 2000 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Frame |
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| Function / usage: |
Museum building |
Location
Technical Information
Dimensions
| length | 220 m | |
| building area | 41 350 m² |
Cost
| cost of construction | Spanish peseta 26 000 000 000 |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe (Valencian: Museu de les Ciències Príncep Felip, Spanish:Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe, Anglicised as "Príncipe Felipe/Prince Philip Science Museum") is an important visitor attraction in Valencia, Spain. It forms part of the City of Arts and Sciences, and can be found at the end of Luis García Berlanga street. Its 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. It opened on 13 November 2000. It is over 40,000 square meters in area and resembles the skeleton of a whale.
Everything in the museum is graphically displayed[ clarification needed]: recent exhibitions have included subjects as diverse as spy science, climate change, the human body and biometrics.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe" and modified on June 3, 2020 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Ciutat de las Arts I les Ciències. brochure, Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia (Spain).
- (1998): Santiago Calatrava. Taschen, Cologne (Germany), pp. 64-67.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20002426 - Published on:
29/11/2001 - Last updated on:
30/05/2017
