Discover the City of Arts and Sciences
Science, nature and art in a complex devoted to scientific and cultural dissemination in Europe, placed in Valencia.
The City of Arts and Sciences is a unique complex devoted to scientific and cultural dissemination which is made up of five main elements: the Hemisfèric (IMAX cinema and digital projections), the Umbracle (a landscaped vantage point and car park), the Príncipe Felipe Science Museum (an innovative centre of interactive science), the Oceanográfico (the largest aquarium in Europe with over 500 marine species) and the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía (which takes care of the operatic programme). The Ágora, which will give the complex a multifunctional space, is under construction.
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Along an axis of just under two kilometres that was formerly the bed of the River Turia, this complex promoted by the Generalitat Valenciana has striking architecture - designed by Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela - and an endless capacity for entertaining and stimulating the minds of its visitors. In its various buildings they can get to know different aspects of science, technology, nature, and art.
News
The newest of the City of Arts and Sciences
24/11/09
SIMULTANEOUS ASTRONOMY OBSERVATION
Saturday 28th November, from four diferents points in Valencia
24/11/09
Sharks are fish that have traditionally been considered to be of little interest for human consumption
Today, Tuesday 24th November
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Highlights at the City of Arts and Sciences
Check out all our outstanding activities, exhibitions, projections and workshops in a single place.
Activity
How to photograph Stars
Almost a hundred percent of the astronomical photographs that are published have first been digitally treated to highlight the level of detail of the pictures. The use of specific software programmes and tools can reduce background noise of images, do away with vignetting or increase the contrast levels. All these techniques shall be dealt with in our photographic treatment workshop next Monday 30th November in the Science Museum. Free access previous register.
Antarctic Marine Biodiversity
Winds of 300 km per hour, - 89 ºC, and yet there are up to 8,000 different known species in Antarctica, according to Josep María Gili, from the Institute of Sea Sciences of Barcelona. The researcher will explain this topic next 10th December at the lecture Antartic Marine Biodiversity: Why is There a Jungle Beneath a Desert of Ice? This event, to be held in the Museum, is the first of a whole programme organized for the International Year of Biodiversity. Free entry.
Activity
Discover the sharks in 'The Oceanogràfic's Tuesdays'
They are one of the zoological groups with the diversity and population more reduced and that major implications have on the correct balance of the ecosystems. The series of conferences 'The Oceanogràfic's Tuesdays' dedicates its sixth edition to the biology, conservation and management of populations of sharks, with the participation of world experts in these creatures.
Recents Events
New Programme
View the City of Arts and Sciences programme for this new season, recycles your knowledge and don't miss the Science Museum exhibitions and its scientific animations, the IMAX film 'Wild Ocean' and the planetari 'Evolución' of the Hemisfèric and the Oceanogràfic latest ideas.




