Museums

The Spanish National Science and Technology Museum (MUNCYT) is a state-owned museum, affiliated with the General Secretariat for 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 point of reference and meeting point in science and technology, since it is considered that each citizen has an important role to play in science and technology.

It holds more than 17,000 items, including scientific instruments, technological devices, transport vehicles, machines and industrial tools, dating from the 16th century to the present day. "Unique witnesses" of the evolution of science and technology based in Madrid and A Coruña. In addition, the MUNCYT organises talks, recreational and scientific activities, educational workshops, collaboration in the training of science teachers and catalogue publications.

It preserves important collections of minerals, rocks and fossils, and has well-known deposits from the world register.

The Geominero Museum's objectives are to preserve, research and disseminate the richness and diversity of geological, palaeontological and mineralogical heritage. It has important collections of minerals, rocks and fossils from all the Spanish regions and old colonial territories, as well as well-known deposits from the world register.

The continued highlighting of its collections through research and dissemination by means of subject catalogues has positioned the Museum among the most important of its kind in Spain. Apart from their scientific importance, these collections have great historical value as their origins date back to the creation of the Commission for the Geological Map of Spain in 1849.

The Student Residence, founded in 1910, was the first cultural centre in Spain and one of the most outstanding and fruitful experiences of scientific and artistic exchange and creation in Europe in the interwar period.

Today, the residence a is once again one of the most original centres in the Spanish cultural landscape.

It fosters continuous dialogue between science and the arts, and acts as a reception centre for the international avant-garde. An open space for debate, critical reflection and creation, where nearly 3,000 researchers, artists and other professionals are accommodated each year.

The Student Residence conducts research projects along two main lines: the study and dissemination of their historical legacy and the analysis of current thinking trends.