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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/ Open in a new window
- 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) |
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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Expedicions per a la ciència Open in a new window
When: Permanent event
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Taller 'Gratacels verds' Open in a new window
When: From 22/02/2025 to 06/04/2025
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Taller 'Micràrium' Open in a new window
When: From 22/04/2025 to 24/06/2025
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Exposició 'Base Antàrtica' Open in a new window
When: Permanent event
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Taller 'Planetari bombolla' Open in a new window
When: From 01/03/2025 to 06/04/2025
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Exposició 'El Mur geològic' Open in a new window
When: Permanent event
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Taller 'Experiència Món extraterrestre' Open in a new window
When: From 01/03/2025 to 06/04/2025
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Activitat 'Clik. Nou espai d’experimentació' Open in a new window
When: From 17/04/2024 to 06/04/2025
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Exposició 'Sala Univers' Open in a new window
When: Permanent event
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Exposició 'Bosc inundat' Open in a new window
When: Permanent event
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Tallers 'Creactivity en obert' Open in a new window
When: From 01/03/2025 to 06/04/2025
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Taller 'Ciència per fluir' Open in a new window
When: From 21/12/2024 to 06/04/2025
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Exposició 'Extraterrestres. Hi ha vida fora de la Terra?' Open in a new window
When: From 26/02/2025 to 30/08/2026
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Una nit al Museu 'Dormint entre extraterrestres' Open in a new window
When: From 19/04/2025 to 27/12/2025
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Espectacle "Show de Ciències" Open in a new window
When: From 12/10/2024 to 06/04/2025
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Taller 'Experiència Petits exploradors espacials' Open in a new window
When: From 01/03/2025 to 06/04/2025
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Tallers 'Fenòmens elèctrics. Experiments amb molta espurna' Open in a new window
When: From 01/03/2025 to 06/04/2025
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Taller 'I tu, què pintes? Crea un gargotejador autònom' Open in a new window
When: From 11/01/2025 to 06/04/2025
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Activitats al CosmoCaixa Open in a new window
When: From 12/04/2025 to 21/04/2025
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Visita comentada 'Extraterrestres. La possibilitat de vida fora de la Terra' Open in a new window
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' Open in a new window
When: From 01/03/2025 to 30/08/2025
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Taller 'Els mamífers de l’Amazones' amb Julia Rouaux Open in a new window
When: From 05/04/2025 to 26/04/2025
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Visita en família 'Grans exploradors espacials. La possibilitat de vida fora de la Terra' Open in a new window
When: From 01/03/2025 to 30/08/2025
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