Museu de les Ciències Príncep Felip

The Museu de les Ciències Príncep Felip is an interactive science museum in Valencia, Spain, housed in one of the most distinctive buildings in the City of Arts and Sciences complex. Designed by Santiago Calatrava and opened in 2000, the building's exterior structure of white arches and glass panels is widely said to evoke the skeleton of a whale, stretching approximately 241 metres in length across the former Turia riverbed. The museum spans three floors and approximately 40,000 square metres of exhibition space, with a philosophy of participatory engagement: the majority of exhibits are hands-on and designed for direct interaction, inviting visitors to experiment with scientific principles from mechanics and optics to biology and environmental science. Permanent galleries explore topics including the human body, biodiversity, space exploration, the physics of everyday life, and sustainability. Large-scale exhibits — including flight simulators, a Foucault pendulum, interactive models of ecosystems, and an optical illusion installation — are distributed across the multiple floors. The upper floor offers views directly into the building's extraordinary ribbed roof structure from inside, a perspective no other vantage point in Valencia provides. Temporary exhibitions run alongside the permanent collection, covering topical themes in science, technology, and society. Audio guides and activity sheets for children are available in several languages. The museum is particularly popular with school groups and families, and exhibits are designed to engage visitors across a wide age range, from young children to adults. A visit typically takes 2–4 hours. The Museu de les Ciències is a short walk from the Oceanogràfic and Hemisfèric along the central promenade, and combined tickets offer savings when planning a full day at the complex.