Cosmocaixa
CosmoCaixa is a science museum devoted to the environment, nature, science, and space—run by the Fundació “la Caixa.” Before it became a museum, the site was the Science Museum of Barcelona, and it closed for renovations in 1998 before reopening in 2004 under its current name. The building itself carries a layered history. Built between 1904 and 1909 by Josep Domènech i Estapà, it originally served as an asylum for the blind, which closed in 1979. Renovation kept the original façade, while expansions multiplied the space to four times its earlier size, and the building was further expanded again in 2004. Inside, a large spiral walkway lifts you from the basement to the fifth floor, anchored by an Amazonian tree as a visual centerpiece. …
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