The Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe is part of the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia. The article credits Santiago Calatrava with the facade and says the Generalitat Valenciana curates the museum. It gives no style or materials. Construction began around 1994, and the building cost 26 billion pesetas.
The building covers over 40,000 square meters (430,000 sq ft) and is 180 feet (55 m) tall. The article compares its form to the skeleton of a whale. It holds interactive and temporary science and technology exhibitions, with a Foucault's pendulum and a climate change show. A cantilever appeared in the 2015 film Tomorrowland.
Prince Felipe of Asturias held a symbolic inauguration in March 2000, and the museum opened on November 13, 2000. It drew a record 891,645 visitors in 2019. The article gives no hours or prices.
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