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 […]

The Natural Science Museum of Barcelona will host the II Barcelona Young Neuroscientist Symposium (BYNS) on September 13th and 14th. BYNS is a symposium aimed to bring together young neuroscientists from Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and abroad. PhD students and Postdocs will have the opportunity to present their scientific projects in a relaxed atmosphere. You will be able to […]

Jorge Wagensberg, scientist and pioneer of scientific dissemination and museography, passed away on 3 March in Barcelona. He profoundly shaped scientific culture, as he put his bright intelligence, ingenuity and passion for life at its service. Wagensberg, Doctor of Physics at the University of Barcelona, was Professor of Theory of Irreversible Processes at the Faculty […]

A new film about Lynn Margulis, a scientific rebel who challenged entrenched theories of evolution to premiere at the Natural Science Museum of Barcelona on March 7 On March 7, 2018 at 18:00 the Barcelona Knowledge Hub, Academia Europaea and the Museu de Ciences Naturals de Barcelona will present  the premiere of  the new documentary […]

On the eve of the Christmas holidays, the Museum Documentation Center proposes giving away books with the common denominator of nature and all its representations. In this guidebook, you will find readings for children and adults, with titles that are part of the funds of the Media Library or the Library. And others that we […]