CosmoCaixa
7 expert reviews
“The best, most high-tech, and certainly most hands-on science museum in Europe.”
– Frommer's
"Like most of Barcelona's other museums, this structure in San Gervasi is as impressive as the collection within."
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"Kids (and kids at heart) are fascinated by displays here and this science museum has become one of the city’s most popular attractions." Full review
"Said to be the biggest science museum in Europe, CosmoCaixa doesn't, perhaps, make the best use of its space." Full review
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"Ideal to visit with the very young, this modern museum, housed in a building dating from the beginning of the century, combines scientific interest and leisure." Full review
"The big hit is the 'Flooded Forest', a mocked-up section of rainforest complete with real, native species of flora and fauna – my little one can spend so long in here I've learned to take a book. " Full review
"You can pretend this five-floor science museum is just for kids, but you're guaranteed to leave smarter, too." Full review
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There’s also a ton of interactive material for kids: robots they can control, animals they can touch (not the piranhas, to be sure), a hall of mirrors, a 3D planetarium, and the Room of Matter, which uses nifty experiments to explain how life came to exist on Earth.