Valladolid Science Museum

Valladolid Science Museum

Valladolid Science Museum
Established	2003 (2003)
Location	Avenida de Salamanca, Valladolid 47014 - Spain
Director	Inés Rodríguez Hidalgo
Website	Website
Area	9,300 m2 (100,000 sq ft)

Valladolid Science Museum (Spanish: Museo de la Ciencia de Valladolid) was opened in May 2003 as a museum and an iconic piece of architecture based on an old flour mill.Rafael Moneo and Enrique de Teresa used a lot of the old industrial complex to create this new Science Museum.

This municipal museum was designed by the architects Rafael Moneo and Enrique de Teresa with the help of Francisco Romero and Juan Jose Echevarria. The museum is to the south west of the city on the right bank of the River Pisuerga with an emblematic footbridge it us seen is a symbol of the city and for the region of Castilla y León.

Pío del Río Hortega was born in the city and after qualifying as a doctor went on to investigate what are now called neurons. He was responsible for discovering microglia. There is a statue of him outside (and a permanent exhibition inside about neurons). Also in the plaza is a statue of Albert Einstein sitting at a bench with his calculations. The plaza also has a weather station.

The permanent exhibition in the lobby includes two cars. The fastest is a Williams-Renault Formula 1 car that won the constructors prize. The earlier car is the only car that has been declared of cultural interest to Spain. This is a Renault 4/4 which were constructed in the city at the FASA plant. The lobby has temporary exhibitions and also displays local meteorites and a large model of the DNA molecule.

Besides an area dedicated to Castilla y León inventions and inventors there is an eleven metre high 80 kg Foucault Pendulum as well as a display of Louis Pasteur's work improving wine production.