A Coruña Museums
Domus. Casa do Home
An interactive museum on human beings, installed in a spectacular
building designed by the Japanese architect Arata Isozaki. This
museum has been designed for visitors' enjoyment, stimulating
their curiosity on the characteristics of mankind. Contents are
discovered through the different exhibitions, such as: the Me
(identity), Us (demography), the Senses, the Heart, the Motor
System, the Brain, the Skills or the Language. There are almost
200 modules in the exhibitions, most of which are interactive
and mechanisms must be activated to understand them. A face made
up of over ten thousand photographs of other faces reproduces
the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. The building has an IMAX projection
room.
Calle Santa Teresa, 1
La Coruña (La Coruña)
Casa das Ciencias.Municipal Museum.
The first public interactive centre in Spain, financed by the
City Council of A Coruña. A permanent exhibition of the
principles of science, technology and the world of nature. The
1st floor contains the modules where you can personally experience
physical phenomena. The 2nd contains the temporary exhibition
rooms. The 3rd exhibits an extensive collection of animals and
minerals. The cupola is occupied by the Planetarium where, on
a 10 m. diameter dome, the sky and stars visible from the Earth
are represented.
Parque Santa Margarita, s/n
La Coruña (La Coruña)
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea
(CGAC)
The CGAC is an impressive building and work of art by the Portuguese
architect Álvaro Siza who, along with the San Domingos
de Bonaval Monastery and park of the same name, built a balance
group of buildings where the tradition and modernity of the city
converge. You can enjoy some of the best views of the old town
of Compostela from the balconies of this unique construction.
Inside, along with the Arco Foundation collection, you can see
exhibits by contemporary Galician artists and a large and varied
number of temporary exhibitions on the main artistic trends today.
Calle Valle Inclán, s/n
Santiago de Compostela (La Coruña)
Museo das Peregrinacións
Monographic museum that places emphasis on the importance of the
cult to Santiago and the development of the pilgrimage routes
to its tomb had from the High Middle Ages, especially in the European
environment. Eight rooms where, through images, objects, and documents,
the origin of the Jacobean cult is explained to the visitor, the
origin and development of the phenomenon of the pilgrimages, the
gradual configuration of the different routes and the town of
Compostela and the influence of the pilgrimage on the artistic
development of the craftsmen guilds in Santiago de Compostela.
Calle de San Miguel, 4
Santiago de Compostela (La Coruña)
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