Historico de noticias

• 28/12/06

  Top Sailing! A new exhibition at the Príncipe Felipe Science Museum

  The Science Museum has, this Christmas, included an interactive exhibition within the provision of scientific and cultural events normally held on this site. This is “Top Sailing”, which, directly linked with the holding of the 32nd America’s Cup in Valencia next year, takes the wind, the sea and navigation as its main themes.

  
  
• 13/12/06

  The Museo de las Ciencias hosts the 'Félix, 25 years of ecological awareness exhibition'

   

  From Wednesday 13th December, the Museo de las Ciencias is to host the exhibition entitled “Félix, 25 years of ecological awareness”, organised by the BBVA Foundation and Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente in collaboration with the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias

  
  
• 10-12-2006

  More than 190,000 people visit the City of Arts and Sciences over the Constitution Day and 'Inmaculada' Holidays

   

  The City of Arts and Sciences received more than 190,000 visitors over the “Constitution Day and “Inmaculada” holidays, last Friday, 8th December, being the day when the greatest figure for public attendance at the L’Hemisfèric, the Science Museum and the Oceanográfico was recorded, with a total of 42,613 visitors to the three venues.

  
  
• 04/12/06

  Lake of the Museo de las Ciencias turned into a huge skating rink until 7th January

   

  The Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias has installed a huge skating rink in the lake of the Museo de las Ciencias which will be open to the public for the whole of December until 7th January.

  
  
• 04/12/06

  The Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias holds its 6th Christmas Festival on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th December

   

  On Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th December, the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias is holding its Christmas Festival for the sixth year running, which will include a wide variety of leisure activities such as theatre, workshops, animations and a skating rink on the lake of the Museo de las Ciencias that will be operating from Tuesday 5th December to 7th January. In addition, representatives from the TV programme “Mira quien baila” will undertake a demonstration and give a dance class to the public that attends the Festival.

  
  
• 02/12/06

  The Museo de las Ciencias hosts the International Conference on Food Contaminants and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

   

  To present the latest research on the effects of the contaminants existing in the food chain on cerebral development and to discuss the possible implications of this research on European policy are the main aims of the International Conference on Food Contaminants and Neurodevelopment Disorders, organised by the University Professor Santiago Grisolía, as member of the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias Foundation, and which is to be held from tomorrow at the Museo de las Ciencias.

  
  
• 01/12/06

  The Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias displays the ESP-51 yacht of the Spanish Challenge 2007

   

  From today, in the Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe, the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias is to display the ESP-51 of the Spanish Challenge 2007, the first of their boats used in the training sessions for the America’s Cup

  
  
• 30/11/06

  Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias to host the 'Titanic' exhibition in Valencia

   

  The regional secretary for Events and promotions, Luis Lobón and the representative of “Titanic Centenary 2012”, Jesús Ferreiro, have today signed an agreement so that the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias will host, from March 1st 2007 to 30th March 2008, the “Titanic exhibition, which recreates the history of that legendary ship through original objects, images and documents.

  
  
• 29/11/06

  The Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias name the perimeter ring of the Hemisfèric the 'Carl Sagan Ring'

   

  The General manager of the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Jorge Vela, the Director of the Museo de las Ciencias, Manuel Toharia and the writer Ann Druyan, main collaborator and widow of Carl Sagan, today presided over the ceremony in which the Perimeter Ring of the Hemisfèric was renamed the “Carl Sagan Ring”.

  
  
• 27-11-06

  The third year of 'L'Oceanogràfic Tuesdays' to be dedicated to polar seas

   

  The Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias tomorrow begins its third edition of “L’Oceanogràfic Tuesdays” with the conference “the Antarctic continent and its surrounding ocean, the last untouched parts of the planet”, to be given by the director of the French Polar Institute, Gérard Jugie. Coinciding with International Polar Year, this year’s cycle of conferences is dedicated entirely to the polar seas and their surroundings.

  
  
• 27-11-06

  The beluga whale born at the Oceanográfico dies twenty-five days after its birth

   

  Despite the efforts of veterinary surgeons and carers to prevent it and the constant vigilance of mother and baby, the beluga whale born last 2nd November and for the first time in a European Zoological Centre, died at 12:15 today Monday, 27th November.

  
  
• 23-11-06

  Winners of the 9th Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias Christmas Art Competition

   

  The art work of Eugenio Romero Martín, pupil in 2nd of ESO at the Colegio Marti Sorolla II of Valencia, has won the 9th Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias Christmas Art Competition to which more than one thousand primary and secondary pupils of the Valencia Region presented their work. The winning entry is to be the Christmas greetings image for the Valencia Regional Government’s scientific, leisure and cultural complex.

  
  
• 17/11/06

  The Oceanográfico hosts a conference to be given by the Nobel Prize for Medicine winner, Sydney Brenner

   

  The winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine, Sydney Brenner, will today, Monday 20th November, present his research on genetic studies from marine to human at the Oceanográfico of the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias.

  
  
• 17/11/06

  The Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias puts the Alinghi Simulator on display

   

  The lake of the Hemisfèric at the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias will be putting a real size replica of the SUI 64, the Alinghi Simulator, on display.

  
  
• 16/11/06

  The baby beluga is now two weeks old, but still of an uncertain future.

   

  The baby beluga whale born last November 2nd, a male, has just completed two weeks of life, although its possibilities of survival continue to be slim, as explained the Oceanográfic’s Director of Biology, Pablo Areitio, and the head of the veterinary service, Daniel García.

  
  
• 14/11/06

  Oceanogràfic's Dolphinarium to remain closed to improve and reform the installation

   

  The Oceanográfico’s Dolphinarium at the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias will remain closed over the Inmaculada holidays and over the next three months so as to repair and improve the main pool so that it can host future projects to enrich the Oceanográfic’s activities.

  
  
• 13/11/2006

  Science Museum to host the 3rd International Symposium on Advances in Oncological Dermatology

   

  The Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe will host the 3rd International Symposium on Advances in Oncological Dermatology on 16th and 17th December, which will bring together 300 dermatologists from all over the world and will present all the latest developments in the diagnosis and treatment of cutaneous tumours.

  
  
• 11/11/06

  Museo de las Ciencias celebrates its 6th anniversary with around 18 million visitors.

   

  Around 18 million people have visited the Museo de las Ciencias since it was opened to the public on 13th November 2000. Coinciding with its sixth anniversary, the Museum is this weekend hosting the annul meeting of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Association of Scientific Communication.

  
  
• 10/11/2006

  On Sunday the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias will be holding its ¿Sports Day¿ for the second year running

   

  For the second year running, the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias is holding its “Sports day”, a special participative and educational day on Sunday 12th November, open to all and free-of-charge, with the aim of contributing to getting to know sport better and encouraging the public to take part.

  
  
• 09/11/2006

  The Museo de las Ciencias celebrates its 6th anniversary as the seat of the Spanish Association of Scientific Communication

  The annual meeting of the Board of Directors of this association, made up of scientific media from all over Spain, will be held next weekend.

  
  
• 07/11/2006

  The Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias to take part in Meeting Point 2006

   

  The Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias is taking part, for the seventh year running, in Barcelona Meeting Point, the main European real estate event as a a public works project in this international meeting to be held on 12th November

  
  
• 04/11/06

  International experts present their latest findings on food contaminants in brain development

   

  From 3rd to 5th December, the Museo de las Ciencias will be hosting the International Conference on Food Contaminants and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

  
  
• 03/11/06

  A Beluga Whale is born in the Oceanográfico of the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias

   

  · This is the first birth of one of this species in a European centre
  · For at least a month, the Arctic zone will be closed to the public
  

  
  
• 31/10/2006

  The Museum exhibits the best Spanish projects of the Europan 8 Architectural Competition

   

   

  
  
• 28/10/2006

  The Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias organises the 9th Christmas Art Competition for primary and secondary schoolchildren

  · The winner will provide CAC’s Christmas Greetings image

  
  
• 25/10/2006

  L'Oceanogràfic takes part in a research project in the Antarctic

  The Army’s Antarctic Campaign has been presented today at the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias
  
  The Head Veterinary Surgeon at the Oceanogràfic, Daniel García, will collaborate in a study of parasites in seals and sea -lions
  

  
  
• 20/10/2006

  L´Oceanogràfic of the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias shows a special short film of The Mermaid

  To mark the release in DVD of the Disney classic on 25th October.
  
  Moreover, competitions will be held in the Mar Rojo auditorium and special workshops in the classrooms of the Education Building.
  

  
  
• 18/10/2006

  L´Oceanogràfic displays a collection of silver fish

  Until 31st January

  
  
• 18/10/2006

  Ciudad de las Artes to hold Science Week in November

  The programme includes interactive workshops, talks, scientific round-table conferences and projections, among other free-of-charge activities.
  Ann Druyan, a collaborator of Carl Sagan, will address the conference with “Science as an established cult” on 30th November.
  

  
  
• 15/10/2006

  More than 150,000 people visited the Ciudad de las Artes over the 9th October and Hispanidad holidays

  
  
• 15/10/2006

  Première of the "The Night of the Martians" at L´Hemisfèric, a combination of planetarium and theatre

  
  
• 14/10/2006

  International experts present the latest advances on the role of nitric oxide in cerebral processes

  From 22^nd to 24^th October at the Museo de las Ciencias

  
  
• 16/10/2006

  Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias Foundation to hold the 3rd Idea Awards Event

  
  
• 06/10/07

  The Oceanogràfic hosts the "Marine Life Etchings" exhibition

  As from today (Friday) and until 9 January next year, the Oceanogràfic marine park of the City of the Arts and Sciences hosts the “Marine Life Etchings” exhibition by the English artist Debby Mason. It includes various marine species and features a 17th-century etching technique.

   

  
  
• 21/09/2006

  The Ciudad de las Artes y la Ciencias publishes the book "The Legacy of Science. Severo Ochoa"

  "The Legacy of Science. Severo Ochoa" is the first volume of a series dedicated to the legacy of Nobel prize-winners, an exhibition that can be visited on the second floor of the Museo de las Ciencias and which includes, apart from the legacy of Severo Ochoa, collections belonging to Jean Dausset and Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
   

  
  
• 07/09/2006

  The Hemisfèric hosts the photographic exhibition "POSITHIV+" of Médicos sin Fronteras

  The photographer Pep Bonet visited six African countries and accompanied Médicos sin Fronteras with his camera. His personal view was captured in 39 photographs that make up “POSITHIV+”, the new exhibition that can be visited from today, 7th September till 4th October in the hall of the L´Hemisfèric at the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias.
   

  
  
• 31/08/2006

  The Hemisfèric renews its autumn programme with the IMAX production "Coral Reefs"

  L´Hemisfèric of the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias will include, from next Friday 15th September, the IMAX film “Coral Reefs”, which tells the story of two explorers and researchers’ expedition over a ten month journey. The film shows the most spectacular sea beds on the planet, such as the Australian coral reef, the islands of Fiji and Tahiti and the Rangiroa Atoll, places which so far now have only been accessible to expert divers and which the spectators will be able to enjoy through this new IMAX film in L´Hemisfèric
  
   

  
  
• 03/08/2006

  The Oceanográfic has the first pregnant Beluga Whale in captivity in Europe

  The Regional Minister of the Inland Revenue and Employment and President of the CACSA Board of Directors, Gerardo Camps today spoke of the research and reproduction in captivity projects that are being developed at the Oceanográfic and which “have made it an internationally recognised centre of the utmost importance”. The biology and veterinary team announced that the Beluga whale “Yulka” is pregnant, an event that they referred to as “extraordinary”. It will be the first birth in captivity of this species recorded in Europe.

  
  
• 02/08/07

  G. Camps: 'During 2005 the CAC maintained a high social and economic profitability as a result of the investment made by the Generalitat'

  · Last year 12,268 people visited the City of the Arts and Sciences every day.
  · The average sum spent per person per day was 76.79 euros.
  · During 2005 the City of the Arts and Sciences (Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, CAC) received an income of over 29 million euros.
  · 42,194 jobs were generated and maintained.

  
  

  
  
• 27/07/2006

  Dolphin show, synchronised swimming and music at ¿L¿Oceanogràfic Nights¿

  “L´Oceanogràfic Nights”, which, for the second time running is being held at l´Oceanogràfic, provides the public with an opportunity to enjoy several special activities during August from 8 p.m. till midnight.

  
  
• 26/07/2006

  Gerardo Camps stresses the commitment of the Valencia Regional Government to new technologies at the Campus R&D Day Conference.

  The President of the Board of Directors of the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Gerardo Camps, stressed the commitment and close relationship of the Valencia Regional Government with Campus Party “that every summer is becoming an ever greater space for the technological coexistence of internet surfers”. Camps made this statement during the presentation of the keynote speech by the ex-Mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, at the Campus R&D Day Conference held at the Museo de las Ciencias.

  
  
• 21/07/2006

  Keynote speech of Rudolph Giuliani at the Museo de las Ciencias as part of the R&D Conference of Campus Party 2006

  Next Wednesday, 26th July at the Museo de las Ciencias, Campus Party will be attended, for one conference day only, by researchers, investors, universities and Administrations. Apart from holding a round table conference on R&D and investment, each research group will exhibit its project in a practical way.

  
  
• 21/07/06

  The Eclèctic Festival of the City of the Arts and Sciences ends with the concert ¿Cosmic Imagism¿ (IAC 2006)

  The Eclèctic Festival of the City of the Arts and Sciences ends this Tuesday (25 June) with the concert Cosmic Imagism in which soloists from the Mediterranean Symphony Orchestra will interpret Façade, a bold piece that was composed by William Walton in 1922.

   

  
  
• 19/07/2006

  The children of the L´Oceanogràfic Summer School take part in a baptism in the sea and sleep with sharks

  L’Oceanogràfic of the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias has organised, for the second year running, the Summer School, aimed at children between the ages of 6 and 12. This Thursday, 20th July, among other activities, sixty children have participated at 10 a.m. in a baptism in the sea, in the afternoon a gymkhana and at night sleep in the “Océanos” tower surrounded by sharks.

  
  
• 22/06/2006

  L´Oceanogràfic dedicates an exhibition to Spanish scientific research in the Antarctic

  Fourteen million square kilometres of ice, temperatures of 88º C below zero and winds in excess of 200 kilometres per hour, with days and nights that last six months. In these extreme conditions, Spanish scientists have, for many years, been carrying out important scientific studies into geophysics, biology or meteorology, among other disciplines, within the framework of the Antarctic Treaty, a task that is revealed at the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias through the exhibition entitled “Spain in the Antarctic. A laboratory in the ice”

  
  
• 20/06/2006

  Pet Shop Boys, Xarxa Teatre, Muchachito, Wagon Cookin¿, dance and theatre at the Eclectic Festival 2006

  The General Director of the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Jorge Vela, has today presented the Eclectic Festival that for the fifth year running has been held at this complex. At the press conference was Mónica Gozalbo of the Xarxa Teatre company, who will open the festival on 15th July with the show “Veles e Vents”.

  
  
• 06/06/2006

  Luis Lobón underlines the collaboration between the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias and Universities at the 2nd Idea Awards event.

  The Regional Secretary for Events and Projects, Luis Lobón, today stressed, during the handing over of the II Ideas Awards ceremony, that “we share some common aims with the university, daily work with and for young people”. In this sense, he explained that the aim of the Idea Awards “is to support the Universities of the Valencia Region and to reward annually young university teachers and researchers that are especially outstanding in their careers and future prospects in each of the rewarded specialities”.

  
  
• 05/06/2006

  L´Oceanogràfic hosts the art exhibition entitled ¿Oceanic Moments¿

  L´Oceanogràfic of the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias is hosting, from Tuesday 6th June to 30th September, the “Oceanic Moments” exhibition of the naturalist and painter Javier Martínez Valle providing a vision of marine life through the movement of the sea an of its inhabitants.

  
  
• 24/05/2006

  The Oceanográfic will extend its opening times during the World Meeting of the Families

  To celebrate the Fifth World Families Meeting 2006 (WFM), the Oceanográfic of the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias is to extend its opening times to the public from Saturday 1st July to Tuesday 11th July so as to facilitate visits by the public who have come to Valencia between these dates. From the 1st to the 11th of July, the Oceanográfic will open its doors at 10 a.m. and can be visited up until midnight.

  
  
• 02/06/2006

  Baltasar Beferull, Gabriela Barenboim and Lorenzo Cotino, winners at the Second edition of ¿Idea Awards¿

  Gabriela Barenboim, Baltasar Beferull and Lorenzo Cotino, are the winners of the Second Edition of the Ideas Awards called by the City Foundation for the Arts and Sciences in the categories of Basic Sciences, Technologies and Social Sciences, respectively.

  
  
• 16/05/2006

  The Science Museum hosts the original film of Shackleton¿s expedition.

  The Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe tomorrow, 17th May, will be showing the film “South”, the original film shot to finance the Antarctic expedition of Ernest Shackleton. The film shot by the official photographer of the expedition, Frank Hurley, relates the adventures of Shackleton and his men and includes images that, at that time, were a novelty and of great interest.

  
  
• 15/05/2006

  L¿Oceanogràfic at the City of Arts and Sciences launches a Summer School

  L’Oceanogràfic at the City of Arts and Sciences has for the second year running organised a Summer School aimed at children between the ages of 6 and 12. It will be held at the end of June and beginning of July. The aim of this initiative is to kick of the school holidays with an extensive programme of activities that bring together learning and fun.

  
  
• 10/05/2006

  L´Hemisfèric incorporates the IMAX film ¿Cirque du Soleil. Journey of Man¿ in its programme

  From Thursday the 11th of May, L´Hemisfèric at the City of Arts and Sciences will incorporate the IMAX film “Cirque du Soleil. Journey of Man” into its programme to coincide with the Canadian company’s return visit to Valencia. This production made especially for giant screens will be shown Thursdays to Sundays at 8pm

  
  
• 3/5/2006

  The City of the Arts and Sciences devotes an exhibition and an IMAX film to the Antarctic

  The City of Arts and Sciences devotes an exhibition and an IMAX film to the legendary expedition of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew, who between 1914 and 1916 managed to survive for almost two years in the Antarctic when their ship Endurance was caught in the ice and gradually destroyed

  
  
• 29/04/2006

  The City of Arts and TVCB award pupils an end-of-year trip to Valencia

  The IES Rey Pelayo de Cangas de Onís School in Asturias is the winner of the competition entitled “Destination Valencia Year 05/06”, organised by the City of Arts and Sciences and Turismo Valencia Convention Bureau (TVCB). The prize was an end-of-year trip to Valencia for 30 people, from the 5th to the 8th of May, which included a guided tour of the old part of the city and entry to the City of Arts and Sciences.

  
  
• 28/04/2006

  Ignarro and Álvarez-Buylla, winners of the Cátedra Santiago Grisolía Award 2006

  Drs. Louis J. Ignarro, of the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology of the University of California in Los Angeles, and Arturo Álvarez-Buylla of the Department of Neurosurgery and the Programme on Developmental Biology and Stem Cells of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of California in San Francisco, have been awarded the Cátedra Santiago Grisolía prize 2006, organised by the City of Arts and Sciences Foundation.

  
  
• 25/04/2006

  The Science Museum holds an exhibition entitled ¿The Line of Isis¿

  The Príncipe Felipe Science Museum is holding an exhibition entitled “The Line of Isis” which demonstrates “the important role played by female scientists throughout history and their presence in almost every field as well as the valuable contributions they have made”, as stated by the regional secretary for Events and Projects, Luis Lobón, during the official opening of this new exhibition, located on the first floor of the Museum.

  
  
• 25/04/2006

  Over 300,000 visitors at the City of Arts and Sciences over Easter

  The City of Arts and Sciences has received over 300,000 visitors over the Easter holidays, the busiest day being Good Friday, with a total of 33,102 visitors. The Príncipe Felipe Science Museum had 148.,434 visitors, L’Oceanogràfic 114,507 people and L’Hemisfèric was at 100% capacity with 42,091 visitors, leading to extra sessions on the 14th, 15th and 16th April.

  
  
• 10/05/2006

  The Science Museum offers a chance to observe Jupiter tomorrow

  
  
• 05/04/2006

  The Science Museum holds an exhibition entitled ¿Living Bones¿

  The Príncipe Felipe Science Museum is holding a new exhibition, “Living Bones”, which educates the public on bones and their main afflictions. “Living Bones” was opened today by the regional secretary for Events and Projects, Luis Lobón, who pointed out that this exhibition helps to “promote health education amongst the public by means of twenty or so interactive modules that give us greater knowledge of this part of our anatomy”.

  
  
• 04/04/2006

  The City of Arts and Sciences and the Circuit offer combined entry on the 8, 9, 22 and 23 April

  The City of Arts and Sciences and the Valencia Regional Racing Circuit Ricardo Tormo are offering combined entry on the 8th and 9th of April and the 22nd and 23rd of April, to coincide with the GP2 Series trials and the world Superbike championship respectively. This initiative is part of the collaboration agreement between the two organisations for promoting events and facilities.

  
  
• 23/03/2006

  L¿Oceanogràfic incorporates a photography exhibition on climate change

  The General Manager of the City of Arts and Sciences, Jorge Vela, accompanied by the Director of the British Council in Valencia, Chris Dove, today visited the Access Building at L’Oceanogràfic to open the photography exhibition “NorthSouthEastWest”.

  
  
• 22/03/2006

  L´Hemisfèric hosts a lecture on Astrophysics and Astronautics: ¿Astrocine¿

  This Thursday the 23rd March, L’Hemisfèric plays host to a lecture entitled “Astrocine”, organised by the City of Arts and Sciences, the Culture Office of the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the International Astronautic Congress (IAC) 2006, to be held at the beginning of October in the City of Arts and Sciences, a meeting that will transform the city of Valencia into the space capital.

  
  
• 09/03/2006

  Domus and Edelweiss Schools from Godella and Tirant Lo Blanch School from Alzira, winners of L\'Oceanogràfic¿s Sea Lions Competition

  The Domus School in Godella, the Tirant Lo Blanch School in Alzira and the Edelweiss School in Godella are the winners of the 3rd Schools Contest Sea Lions for Primary Education, held by L´Oceanogràfic of the City of Arts and Sciences to celebrate the birth of three sea lions last summer.

  
  
• 08/03/2006

  The ¿Astronomy at the Museum¿ series holds a workshop on photographing the moon

  Tomorrow, the Príncipe Felipe Science Museum is holding a workshop on photographing the moon and the necessary techniques for capturing these images. The event forms part of the “Astronomy at the Museum 2006” series, and in it participants can take their own pictures of the moon from the northern viewpoint, where there will be four large telescopes.

  
  
• 25/02/2006

  L'Oceanogràfic holds courses on marine biology, sharks and marine mammals

  L'Oceanogràfic at the City of Arts and Sciences has for the second year running organised several courses on marine biology in general and on marine mammals and sharks. They will be given at the Education and Research Building by the Education and Biology staff of L'Oceanogràfic.

  
  
• 23/02/2006

  Lectures, workshops and astronomic observation at the Science Museum

  The Director of the Science Museum, Manuel Toharia, today presented "Astronomy at the Museum 2006", a series of lectures, workshops and astronomic observations organised by the City of Arts and Sciences for the third year running. Manuel Toharia explained that "following the success of the last two years, in terms of participation and satisfaction, we have decided to continue this year, with more activities on this subject, that complements the work undertaken at L´Hemisfèric".
   

  
  
• 21/02/2006

  L´Oceanogràfic starts a Workshop for adults over 25

  From today, L´Oceanogràfic at the City of Arts and Sciences, as part its education and awareness-raising programme, launches Aula+25 "The Odyssey", an initiative aimed at adults over the age of 25. The objective is to foster respect for the marine environment and to broaden participants’ knowledge of the sea.

  
  
• 15/02/2006

  The City of Arts and Sciences works with UPV to promote information technology

  The regional secretary for Events and Projects, Luis Lobón, and the Chancellor of the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV), Juan Francisco Juliá, today signed an agreement between the City of Arts and Sciences and the UPV to work together to organise events to promote the use of information technology, as well as to reinforce education and research work relating to this field.

  
  
• 31/1/2006

  L´Hemisfèric incorpora la nueva película IMAX "Fuerzas de la Naturaleza" en su programación

  L'Hemisfèric de la Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias incorpora a partir del viernes, 3 de febrero, la película en gran formato "Fuerzas de la Naturaleza", con sesiones de lunes a domingo, a las 16:00 y 18:00 horas. El film muestra fenómenos geológicos y atmosféricos y traslada al espectador a los mayores desastres naturales del planeta.

  
  
• 26/01/2006

  The City of Arts and Sciences signs a collaboration agreement with RENFE Main Lines

  The regional secretary for Events and Projects, Luis Lobón and the General Manager of RENFE Main Lines, Francisco Bonache, today signed an agreement between the City of Arts and Sciences and the train company to establish a framework for regulating cooperation between the two organisations, from which to promote train transportation services and the scientific and cultural offer provided by the CAC complex.

  
  
• 25/01/2006

  The City of Arts and Sciences at Fitur 2006