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The National Museum of Science and Technology (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología – MUNCYT) is a technology museum in Spain devoted to technology promotion and preservation. It owns a collection of more than 19,000 scientific instruments , technological devices, vehicles, machines and industrial tools from the 16th century until ...
The Gran Telescopio Canarias at sunset.. Science and technology in Spain relates to the set of policies, plans and programs carried out by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [1] and other organizations aimed at research, development and innovation (R&D&I), as well as the reinforcement Spanish scientific and technological infrastructures and facilities such as universities and ...
Its director is Manuel Toharia, a Spanish science writer and television personality. [ 2 ] The building is over 40,000 square metres (430,000 sq ft), has a height of 55 metres (180 ft), [ 3 ] and it resembles the skeleton of a whale, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] a façade that was designed by Santiago Calatrava and was built by a joint venture of Fomento de ...
The City of Arts and Sciences (Valencian: Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Spanish: Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias) [a] is a cultural and architectural complex in the city of Valencia, Spain. It is the most important modern tourist destination in the city of Valencia and one of the 12 Treasures of Spain.
La Casa de la Ciencia (The House of Science) in the city of Seville, Spain is a centre for popularizing science. Along with a museum, the building houses the Andalusian headquarters of the Spanish National Research Council . CSIC is the largest public institution devoted to research in Spain, and the third largest in Europe.
The museum display are on four floors, with exhibitions of technology, physics, mathematics, geology , biology, medicine and astronomy, with a digital planetarium. [2] Among the items on display are models of steamships and a marine diesel engine, a Northrop F-5 fighter jet plane, a greenhouse ecosystem and a " Robocoaster ". [ 3 ]
Parque de las Ciencias is a science center and museum located in the city of Granada, Spain. It is a member of the European Network of Science Centers and Museums (ECSITE). [ 1 ] The facility encompasses 70,000 square meters and offers a variety of experiences.
The Gran Telescopio Canarias (GranTeCan or GTC) is a 10.4 m (410 in) reflecting telescope located at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands, Spain. It is the world's largest single-aperture optical telescope. [1] Construction of the telescope took seven years and cost €130 million.