Museums
1. MUSEO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES PADRE IGNACIO SALA (FATHER IGNACIO
SALA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES)
www.turisvalencia.es
This museum’s collection is made up of more than 16,000 pieces, including
extensive collections of minerals, fossils, insects, plants, mollusks,
crustaceans, amphibians, reptiles, fish, mammals… The osteology exhibits
and the scale replicas of marine mammals round out the museum’s collection.
The Museum of Natural Sciences opened in 1880 and was given its current
name in honor of Father Ignacio Sala de Castellarnau, who acted as director of
the museum from 1939 until 1973. Under his direction, the museum’s
collections grew in size and prestige, due in part to his own contributions.
The Museum specializes in European fauna, and is in possession of a broad
representation of native Valencian fauna, making it one of the most important
museums in the Valencian Autonomous Community and unique in the city of
Valencia.
2. MUSEU VALENCIÀ D’HISTÒRIA NATURAL (NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF
VALENCIA)
C/Petxina, 15
www.naturamuseo.com
This institution is dedicated to exhibiting, studying and raising awareness
about natural heritage, especially that of the Valencian Community, with the
goal of protecting nature through better knowledge.
Since its inauguration in 1978, it has been under the auspices of the Torres
Sala Entomological Foundation, and is in possession of two important
collections:
Entomological Foundation: Torres Sala. Their museum collections consist of
more than 80 entomological boxes featuring beetles, butterflies and moths
from all over the world. Another collection of Valencian butterflies and
moths has also been contributed by Mr. Emilio Moroder.
Siro de Fez Malacology Collection: This important collection of mollusk shells
from all over the world was created by the distinguished naturalist Siro de Fez
Sánchez. In addition to this collection, various collections belonging to
promising Valencian malacologists have recently been incorporated.
3. MUSEO MUNICIPAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES (MUNICIPAL MUSEUM OF
NATURAL SCIENCES)
Nursery gardens
The Municipal Museum of Natural Sciences is an impressive and educational
journey through the history of life and of the Valencian contribution to the
Natural Sciences.
The museum houses the old Paleontological Museum’s paleontology and
malacology collections. It is made up of four areas:
Valencian contribution to the Natural Sciences. Valencian contributions to
the field of Natural History from the Renaissance to the 20 th century are
exhibited.
 The history of life. This area is home to the paleontology collections. The
collection of South American mammals, donated by R. Botet, and a
wonderful exhibit featuring Valencian paleontological sites are remarkable
for their importance.
 Malacology. The Rosselló collection, made up of more than 5,000 batches
of shells from around the world, is on display.
 Valencian ecosystems. This exhibit gives an up-close look at the different
ecosystems found in the Valencia metropolitan area, with a special
emphasis on the River Turia.
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The Museum also has a gallery for temporary exhibits.
4. MUSEU DE LES CIÈNCIES PRINCIPE FELIPE (PRINCIPE FELIPE SCIENCE
MUSEUM)
Among the numerous fantastic activities that can be enjoyed in this Valencian
‘Temple’ of the Sciences, it is worth highlighting:
SCIENCE ON STAGE
This collection of demonstrations and workshops provides a different way to
spread science and technique. Using fun experiments co-ordinated by
monitors, it seeks out recreational aspects without renouncing a scientific
level. Each demonstration stages a series of experiments which, following a
script, provide a curious way of teaching science.
What’s behind the plug?
The Children’s Area
The Science of Sport
The Marshlands and Islands of the Valencian Area.
The Face
Techno-laser
THE LEGACY OF SCIENCE
Exhibited in a way that allows you to get to know the lives, and, above all,
the scientific work, of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Severo Ochoa and Jean
Dausset, personages from biomedical research.