In Prague, on 24 August 2022, the Extraordinary General Assembly of ICOM (International Council of Museums) has approved the proposal for the new Museum definition. The vote is the culmination of an 18-month participatory process that involved hundreds of museum professionals from 126 National Committees around the world. Following the adoption, the new ICOM museum […]

The winners of the the Mariano Gago Ecsite Awards are announced at the Opening Ceremony of the Ecsite Conference, at Experimenta in Heilbronn, Germany. The Beacon of the Year Award 2022 was presented to Anna Omedes, former Director of the Museum of Natural Science in Barcelona, Spain for her personal embodiment of the network’s values. […]

Carles Lalueza takes over from Anna Omedes Regàs, who is retiring after serving the institution for 37 years, 25 of them as the director. Carles Lalueza Fox is a researcher with the Institute of Evolutionary Biology, a joint institute of the Spanish National Research Council and the UPF (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra). He has received various awards […]

Nalini Nadkarni, for her enthusiastic work in research and dissemination of biodiversity and the environment, focused on the study and defence of forests around the world; and for the creation of original communication and educational tools aimed at all areas of society that also address gender issues and groups at risk of exclusion. Nat Honourable […]

The Museum and the Garden are opening their doors, while guaranteeing the application of protection measures at all times. New opening times  From June 15th: Monday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Botanical Garden and the Historic Botanical Garden. From June 16th: Tuesday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. […]

The Natural Science Museum of Barcelona offers you a lot of activities to enjoy without leaving the city during the Christmas holidays, from December 20 to January 11, 2020: Exhibition Monkeys. A primate story Discover how we are related to every other primate and explore how each species has adapted to survive in a wide […]

What are you doing to improve the health of our planet? Does the growing deterioration of our planet and the state of  climate emergency worry you? Take part in our “We are Nature” Instagram  contest #ActuaSomNatura . Who can take part? All those over the age of 18 can participate. Only one video per participant […]

From 14 to 16 November, the Natural Science Museum of Barcelona hosted the Ecsite Directors Forum, where around 70 representatives of the European Network of Science Centres and Museums debated on the mediating role of scientific centres between the public and knowledge in the context of the rise in so-called open science and citizen science […]

Science engagement organisations as citizen labs Science engagement organisations are agents of education, teaching and knowledge transfer, as well as places for public scientific discourse. They have the mission to inspire and empower people with science and shape the future of science engagement. They are key actors not only in knowledge generation, but also as […]

The 3D catalogue of the Museum’s collections is a virtual catalogue that can be consulted on the Internet. Like the databases of photographs and collections, this catalogue provides access to the Museum’s collections deposited in its Scientific Area in the Ciutadella buildings. Here we present the first catalogue, the 3D Osteological Catalogue , which includes […]