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CosmoCaixa
Download date: 21/03/2025

Standing at the foot of Tibidabo, CosmoCaixa offers something for everyone and a hands-on experience of science.
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Museums
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- Accessibility
- Accessible for people with physical disabilities
Popularising science
CosmoCaixa, Barcelona’s science museum, is housed in a Modernista building dating from 1909 that was designed by the architect Josep Domènech i Estapà. Initially it was a home for the blind, the Empar de Santa Llúcia, which closed in 1979. Two years later the first popular science museum in the whole of Spain and one of the best in Europe, opened there. This was an innovative idea for taking science to the public.
Following a refurbishment in 2004 that expanded the museum’s facilities to the current 50,000 square metres, it was renamed CosmoCaixa and is known by that name today.
A place to enjoy
Museum highlights include the Planetarium, which offers an extraordinary space voyage, travelling though time to the stars and planets; the Geological Wall, consisting of seven large cuts of real rock for geological interpretation; the Matter Room, where you can become a scientist and set the limits to physics; and the Flooded Forest, which recreates an Amazonian ecosystem including animal and plant species from that part of the world. To create this exhibition, scientists travelled to the Brazilian state of Pará to make exact moulds and faithful reproductions of the large trees and plants that grow there.
CosmoCaixa represents a real challenge to the senses and it is one of the best leisure options in the city, designed for young and old alike. Housed in a landmark building, it has put Modernisme at the service of the most modern science.

Location and contact
Location and contact
CosmoCaixa
- Address:
- Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26
- Districte:
- Sarrià-Sant Gervasi
- Neighborhood:
- Sant Gervasi - la Bonanova
- City:
- Barcelona
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- Phone number
- 932126050 (Switchboard)
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- Links
- Web: https://cosmocaixa.org/ca/
- Email: icosmocaixa@magmacultura.com
Timetable and prices
Timetable
Dies | Hores | Preus | |
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Cada dia i festius excepte 24 desembre, 31 desembre i 5 gener Tancat 25 de desembre, 1 i 6 de gener |
de 10:00 h a 20:00 h | Entrada general: 8 € Gratuït: - joves fins al 16 anys - clients "La Caixa" - 12 de febrer (Santa Eulàlia) - 18 de maig (Dia Internacional dels Museus) - 24 de setembre (la Mercè) |
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24 desembre, 31 desembre i 5 gener |
de 10:00 h a 18:00 h | ||
La Nit dels Museus 2025: 17 de maig |
de 19.00 h a 01.00 h | Entrada Gratuïta |
Events
Events
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Taller 'Planetari bombolla'
When: From 01/03/2025 to 06/04/2025
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Exposició 'Base Antàrtica'
When: Permanent event
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Taller 'Ciència per fluir'
When: From 21/12/2024 to 06/04/2025
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Activitats al CosmoCaixa
When: From 12/04/2025 to 21/04/2025
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Exposició 'Sala Univers'
When: Permanent event
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Exposició 'Bosc inundat'
When: Permanent event
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Exposició 'El Mur geològic'
When: Permanent event
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Visita comentada 'Extraterrestres. La possibilitat de vida fora de la Terra'
When: From 27/02/2025 to 06/04/2025
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Visita en família 'Petits Exploradors espacials. La possibilitat de vida fora de la Terra'
When: From 01/03/2025 to 30/08/2025
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Tallers 'Fenòmens elèctrics. Experiments amb molta espurna'
When: From 01/03/2025 to 06/04/2025
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Espectacle "Show de Ciències"
When: From 12/10/2024 to 06/04/2025
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Activitat 'Clik. Nou espai d’experimentació'
When: From 17/04/2024 to 06/04/2025
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Taller 'I tu, què pintes? Crea un gargotejador autònom'
When: From 11/01/2025 to 06/04/2025
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Exposició 'Extraterrestres. Hi ha vida fora de la Terra?'
When: From 26/02/2025 to 30/08/2026
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Expedicions per a la ciència
When: Permanent event
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Una nit al Museu 'Dormint entre extraterrestres'
When: From 19/04/2025 to 27/12/2025
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Taller 'Gratacels verds'
When: From 22/02/2025 to 06/04/2025
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Tallers 'Creactivity en obert'
When: From 01/03/2025 to 06/04/2025
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Taller 'Micràrium'
When: From 22/04/2025 to 24/06/2025
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Taller 'Experiència Petits exploradors espacials'
When: From 01/03/2025 to 06/04/2025
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Visita en família 'Grans exploradors espacials. La possibilitat de vida fora de la Terra'
When: From 01/03/2025 to 30/08/2025
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Taller 'Experiència Món extraterrestre'
When: From 01/03/2025 to 06/04/2025
Discover other related points of interest
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Pl Tibidabo 3*4
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Judea 2
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Carretera del Carmel 23