Science and Technology

The MUNCYT is present in several cities. The4th of May 2012, the Prince and Princess of Asturias opened the headquarters in A Coruña - at the Prisma de Cristal building. The building was designed by Victoria Acivro and Anxo Alonso. Outside, the construction is a glass cube; inside the surprise comes when the visitor realizes the two-in-one building. A large concrete tree houses the museum services (offices, library, events halls, catering hall, and workshops). The space in between the giant tree and the glass cube hosts the exhibition halls, in different heights and configurations.

The Museum of the Canning Industry is a benchmark of Galicia's industrial heritage. Its objectives are the conservation of tangible and intangible heritage related to the history of the canning industry in Galicia, the promotion of research on it and its dissemination.

The High School Arcebispo Xelmírez I hosts the collection of instruments and scientific material coming from the old High School of Santiago, created in 1845 as an extension of the University of Santiago. The collection represents the patrimony and the memory of historic high schools, created under the Pidal Plan in the middle of 19th century.

The Anaesthesiology and Reanimation Collection is exhibited in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Santiago de Compostela. The small monographic collection shows the old Galician anaesthetic, surgical and reanimation instruments. It is noteworthy, given that the Escola Compostelá de Medicina (Medical School from Santiago de Compostela) was the first medical school in Spain using anaesthetics.

The Museum of the Sciences is located in a small palace in Santa Margarita Park. The building shows an octagonal floor plant and various halls dedicated to interactive exhibitions, while the dome hosts the planetarium. This interactive sciences centre (Spanish first state-owned science centre) moves science closer to the people through a variety of modules, reacting to the action of the visitor satisfying their curiosity and encouraging question posting and solving. 

The Domus is an interactive museum dedicate globally and monographically to the human being. The Address is the Paseo Marítimo of Riazor, in a building designed by the Japanese architect Arata Isozaki.

The museum's motto is "Know yourself, as an individual and as a species" It seeks raising the curiosity and reflection about our species. All this without losing a hint of fun, the most stimulation ingredient in any human activity.