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Overview
Autopista del Saler 5 Valencia, Valencia 46013El Museu de les Cičncies Príncipe Felipe is part of Ciutat de les Arts i les Cičncies. The building was designed by Santiago Calatrava and was built in a joint venture of Fomento de Construcciones and Contratas and Necso. It was opened November 2000.
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Description
The building was designed in 1991 and construction began in 1996. It is over 41,000 square meters in area and resembles the prehistoric-skeleton of a whale. The building is three stories high and is surrounded by clear blue pools. The side of the swimming pool provides a long slow walk. Each one of the three floors provides an area of 8,000 meters square dedicated to the exhibitions.
The sunken garden extends underneath the walkway to connect the museum to the administrative buildings while the symmetrical ends of the building are braced firmly by triangulated structures which are also the entrances. It is truly an awesome building.
Everything in the museum is graphically displayed: recent exhibitions have included subjects as diverse as spy science, climate change, the human body and biometrics.
Hours of work
Low from 02/01 to 14/06 and from 13/09 to 30/12
10 h. - 18 h. 10 h. - 20 h.
Medium from 15/06 to 16/07 and from 01/09 to 12/09
10 h. - 20 h. 10 h. - 20 h.
High from 17/07 to 31/08
10 h. - 24 h. 10 h. - 24 h.
Locations
By road
Motorway A-7 and N- 340 road: go across the Comunidad Valenciana from North to South.
Motorway A-3: connects Madrid and Valencia.
Motorway 234: connects Valencia with Aragón, Castilla-León and the north of the Iberian Peninsula.
For information on traffic conditions go to Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT).
By train
Valencia has to main train stations, Estación de El Cabanyal and Estación del Norte. One can take a city bus from either of these stations to the City of Arts and Sciences.
For information on train timetables and ticket prices, go to:
Red Nacional de Ferrocarriles
By Coach and Bus
Valencia coach station is located on the bank of the former course of the River Túria. This is the stopping place for regular services arriving from all over Spain. To get to the City of Arts and Sciences from here, just cross the river and catch EMT bus nş95
The following EMT buses go the City of Arts and Sciences: 19, 35, 95 y 40
By metro
The metro lines closest to the City of Arts and Sciences are lines nş 3 and nş 5 . We recommend using the Alameda stop, approximately 15 minutes from the complex.
Further information:
www.metrovalencia.com
Details
Culture Type: Museum