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Barcelona Natural Sciences Museum - Museo Ciències Naturales

Barcelona Museu Blau el Forum. Discover planet earth from creation to today's life on earth in a child friendly, informative & interactive space

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About Barcelona Natural Sciences Museum

Barcelona's Natural Sciences Museum, Museo de Ciències Naturales de Barcelona, is locally known as the Blue Museum, Museu Blau because it relocated from the Three Dragons Castle to the distinctive Herzog & de Meuron's bluebery cake slice shaped building in the Forum area of Barcelona in 2010. The museum opened a year later in 2011.

Inside the blue coloured triangular building is a collection of artefacts that chart the history of planet earth from the Big Bang to current day. The museum tackles complex natural science theories such as evolution, species classification, plant and fungus life, viruses and bacteria, the big bang, mineralogy and much more, in an interactive child friendly environment that is engaging for for all ages.

Museo de Ciències Naturales de Barcelona has two sites, The forum Blue building and the Barcelona Jardí Botànic in Montjuïc.

Visiting Barcelona Natural Sciences Museum

As you enter the building you walk up stairs with an overhanging whale skeleton. After buying a ticket in reception you pass the lockers area and enter a display about the history of the museum. From here you can also look down onto the whale skeleton.

The actual museum begins when you enter a zone with dim lighting which has a giant multi media display of planet earth. Here you will learn about the big bang and continental shift of the plates that make up the earth's surface. after the globe display the route continues into a blue lit corridor with rocks and fossils that are millions of years old. For each important period of Earth's development, you can use touchscreens to retrieve more interesting information about the different epochs or specific exhibits.

The next section is a large collection of animal and bug fossils as well as a room about Human evolution. The evolution room contains a replica of Lucy, the well-known skeleton of a pre-human Australopithecus afarensis, which was found in 1974 in Ethiopia. You will see a prognathodon stadtmani kass skeleton (jurasic sea creature) hanging from the ceiling. There is a collection of large shells and an explanation of symmetry in nature as well as the identifying characteristics of animal cells.

After this is the collection that came from the original science museum in Three Dragons Castle. it is a zone of large glass displays with stuffed animals, including a lion, gorilla and many birds. When I visited this museum in Three Dragons Castle (pre 2010) this collection was displayed in a wooden panelled room which was a little bit creepy. The new museum in Forum uses lighting to make this section more educational and not at all creepy.

After this the museum leads into a flora and fauna exhibition from the tiny microbe to mushrooms, trees, plants and an explanation of plant cell structure. In this zone you will find an interactive room about bio diversity and a focus on the Catalonia region of Spain. The exhibition also illustrates the responsibility that humans have for the preservation of the environment and nature.

The last theme of the museum is mineralogy, the crystal structures and different types of rocks that can be found on earth.

Barcelona Natural Sciences Museum Tickets

Adult entry costs 6.00 euros with discounts for seniors, students and children. Tickets can be purchased through the Barcelona Natural Sciences Museum Website.

If you are planning to visit multiple museums and attractions during your visit to Barcelona, Consider the Barcelona Card which has 25 museums and attractions included in the bundle, including the Barcelona Natural Sciences Museum.

What to take with you for Barcelona Natural Sciences Museum

Access to the museum is permitted with guide dogs and there is tactile paving to access the information point. The museum has lift access and a wheelchair is available for visitors. Throughout the building there are adapted toilets.

Use the lockers to store bags rather than carry them around. A 50 cent or 1 euro coin will release the key. However when I visited I asked for change and was given a 1 euro coin shaped washer!

Bicycle anchorage can be found in front of the museum in Passeig de Taulat.

Barcelona Natural Sciences Museum Summary of Prices

Train/Bus Fare Entry Ticket Additional Information Train/Bus Fare Entry Ticket Additional Information Adult Zone 1 T-casual € 6.00 16-29 years, Over 65, 2.70 Euros Child T-familiar FREE Under 16 YearsGroup/Family Ticket? 10+ People - See Website.Notes Combined Montjuic Botanical Garden ticket available for 7.00 Euros.Free Entry? 1st Sunday of every month, Every Sunday from 15:00h, 12th February, 18th May & 24th September

Getting to Barcelona Natural Sciences Museum

Address: Plaça Leonardo Da Vinci, Barcelona. 08019

Use a T-Casual or Hola-Barcelona travel card for metro, Tram and bus services.

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