Museum of Natural Sciences

Located in the Jardins del Real, it occupies the building of an old restaurant of rationalist architecture. The historical origin of this Museum dates back to the late nineteenth century, with the gift made by Rodrigo Botet to the city of Valencia. It is the most important collection of South American Palaeontology present in Europe and gave rise to the first Palaeontological Museum on the continent and which, for almost a century, was in the historic building of the Almudín.

The Museum has several exhibition areas.

Science and technology. It shows how scientific knowledge is linked to technological advances, from the optical microscope to the electron microscope.

A classroom from other times. Tribute to the Science professors who with very few resources were able to arouse curiosity about scientific knowledge.

History of life and evolution. A journey through the different periods into which the age of the Earth is divided, which allows us to show that the Earth and living beings are the result of a history of more than 4000 million years of evolutionary change, of which we have evidence thanks to fossils; The Palaeontology of the Valencian Community allows us to better understand the evolution of the landscapes and ecosystems of our territory over time until the appearance of man, which represented in the rock shelters animals that coexisted with him and have become extinct in the environments in which they abounded thousands of years ago.

Dades bàsiques