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Abstract

SINCE THE OPENING OF THIS MAGNIFICENT BUILDING CONSTRUCTED BY THE ARCHITECT SANTIAGO CALATRAVA ON 13 NOVEMBER 2000, IT HAS RECEIVED 12 MILLION VISITORS, AMONG THEM LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. THE MAIN GOAL OF THE MUSEU DE LES CIENCIES HAS BEEN TO PROVOKE THOUGHTS AND REACTIVATE THE CRITICAL CAPACITY OF VISITORS WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR CULTURAL KIT. TO ACHIEVE IT, THIS SPECTACULAR BUILDING OF MORE THAN 40,000 SQUARE METRES DEVOTED TO BRINGING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ART CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE, DEVOTES ALMOST 30,000 SQUARE METRES TO THE DISPLAY OF EXHIBITIONS AND THE DISSEMINATION OF SCIENCE AND CULTURE, IN THE AREA OF SCIENCE AND ART WHICH EXIST NEXT TO LARGE, FREELY-ACCESSED, RECREATIONAL SPACES WHERE SEVERAL FILM PRODUCTION COMPANIES, CONFERENCES AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES, AMONG OTHERS, HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT.