Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe
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The Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe is an interactive science museum in Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences, offering hands-on exhibits and educational workshops for all ages.
Planning your visit
The Príncipe Felipe science museum occupies a Calatrava building in Valencia's City of Arts and Sciences that resembles a whale skeleton — a repeating rib structure some 220 metres long, with glass walls and a north-facing sequence of white concrete vertebrae.
The interior is entirely open across three floors and the exhibits are hands-on throughout, operating on the stated principle that touching is required rather than forbidden.
Content covers physics, chemistry, biology, space and technology, with a Foucault pendulum, a DNA double helix presented as a walkable structure, electricity demonstrations and an extensive children's area.
The complex around it holds the Hemisfèric planetarium, the Oceanogràfic aquarium and the Palau de les Arts, and combination tickets across two or three are standard and cheaper than separate entries.
Allow three hours. The main booking is an entry ticket. Current availability is shown below.
Before you book
Where is Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe?
Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe is in Valencia, Spain. The map on this page marks its exact location.
How long should I allow for Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe?
Allow three hours. That is the time the collection itself takes at an unhurried pace, before any queue.
Do I need to book Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe in advance?
Tickets can be bought on the door at quiet times, but booking ahead fixes the date and avoids the queue at busy ones. Live availability is shown on this page.
