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VALENCIA MUSEUMS

The City of Arts and Sciences is an entertainment-based cultural and architectural complex in the city of Valencia, Spain. It is considered by many to be the most important modern tourist destination in the city of Valencia. The City of the Arts and the Sciences is situated at the end of the old riverbed Turia. The complex is made up of many buildings including El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe, an interactive museum of science but resembling the skeleton of a whale. The building is over 40,000 square meters in area and resembles the skeleton of a whale. Everything in the museum is graphically displayed: recent exhibitions have included subjects as diverse as spy science, climate change, the human body and biometrics. The City of Arts and Sciences is open 365 days of the year.

For more inforamtion and enquiries please contact Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Prolongación Paseo de la Alameda, 48 46023 Valencia, Tel: 902 100 031

View of the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències from above.

The Valencian Museum of Ethnology aims to promote research and circulate knowledge regarding the fields of Ethnology and Anthropology, making a dynamic informative space available to the public. temporary exhibitions and educational workshops are also organised. The Museum carries out a research activity that develops different projects and awards the Bernat Capó prize for disseminating popular culture. The Museum has a library and document centre specialised in ethnology and anthropology. The facilities of the Museum include the former psychiatric hospital of Bétera, where a collection of around 10,000 objects is stored and catalogued.

For more information and visiting hours please contact Museu Valencià d'Etnologia, C/ Corona 36, 46003 Valencia, Spain, Tel: 96 388 35 65 E-mail: muvaet@dival.es

Valencian Museum of Ethnology
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