National Museum of Science and Technology

The National Museum of Science and Technology of Spain (MUNCYT) is a state-owned museum attached to the General Secretariat of Research of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and managed by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT). The MUNCYT acts as a social reference and meeting point in scientific and technological matters from the consideration that each citizen has an important role to play in science and technology.

It preserves more than seventeen thousand objects among scientific instruments, technological devices, transport vehicles, machines and industrial tools, dating from the 16th century to the present. “unique witnesses” to the evolution of science and technology based in Madrid and A Coruña. In addition, MUNCYT conducts conferences, recreational and scientific activities, didactic workshops, collaborations in the training of science teachers and catalogue publications.

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Royal Botanic Garden

Research and exhibition center that houses a sample of five thousand species of living plants to promote the knowledge, conservation and enjoyment of plants and their natural environment.

Scientific research in plants and fungi aims to describe, interpret and synthesize knowledge about the diversity of the plant world and make the objectives and results of research projects known to both science professionals and citizens.

The exhibition of living plants and the conservation of dry plants (the herbarium), is the experienced practice of the art of gardening and the conservation of a unique historical and cultural heritage. This makes the Royal Botanic Garden a very attractive place where educational programs and guided tours are organized for children and adults.

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Geominero Museum

It preserves important collections of minerals, rocks and fossils, and has significant deposits from the world record.

The objectives of the Geominero Museum are to preserve, investigate and disseminate the richness and diversity of the geological, paleontological and mineralogical heritage. It has important collections of minerals, rocks and fossils from all Spanish regions and former colonial territories, as well as significant deposits from the world record.

The continued value of its funds through research and dissemination through thematic catalogues, has placed the Museum among the most important of its nature in Spain. To the scientific importance of these collections, we must add their historical value, since their origin goes back to the creation of the Geological Map Commission of Spain in 1849.

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National Museum of Natural Sciences

The National Museum of Natural Sciences is one of the most important scientific research institutes in the country in the field of natural sciences.

Scientific collections, exhibitions and educational activities that promote the transmission of knowledge of the diversity of the natural world to society. The museum also develops cutting-edge scientific research in areas such as paleobiology, geology, ecology or climate change. These collections also preserve one of the best historical archives on the natural sciences.

The Museum’s collections are actively integrated into European networks and offer researchers the opportunity to obtain large-scale data on various areas.

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Student Residence

The Student Residence, founded in 1910, was the first cultural center in Spain and one of the most lively and fruitful experiences of creation and scientific and artistic exchange in Europe between wars.

Today the Residence is, once again, one of the most original centres of the Spanish cultural scene.

It promotes a permanent dialogue between sciences and arts and acts as a reception centre for the international avant-garde. A space open to debate, critical reflection and creation, in which about three thousand researchers, artists and other professionals are housed each year.

The Student Residence develops research projects along two main lines: the study and dissemination of its historical legacy and the analysis of current thought trends.

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House of Science

The House of Science is the scientific dissemination center of the Higher Council of Scientific Research in Seville. It offers the public exhibitions on invertebrate life, molluscs or virtual visits to the Doñana Biological Reserve.

The Museum has permanent exhibitions that address some of the universal themes of Science, such as the great species that populate our seas or the long route of geological transformations that the Earth has undergone, especially in the province of Seville.

It also offers another permanent installation, the Planetarium, which through a varied range of projections seeks to bring the fantastic world of celestial bodies closer to all ages. Every weekend there are demonstrations and guided tours that bring science to society.

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