Your experience at Principe Felipe Science Museum begins at the very entrance when the unorthodox structure comes into view. With its interlocking structure of concrete supports and curved spikes, it triggers the imagination of a concrete skeleton and that’s precisely what it is. The brainchild of Santiago Calatrava, the very exterior of the Museum inspires creativity by resembling a whale’s skeleton.

The experience continues within when you come face to face with a gigantic sphere hung from the cavernous ceiling. At 34m long, this is one of the longest Foucault pendulums in the world. You learn the physics of motion and oscillations as you operate the pendulum from outside, making full use of your hands and arms in the process. Up on the third floor, your sense of direction and navigation skills is put to the test in the 2600sqm Chromosome Forest that physically illustrates how the human genome was mapped out. The Prince Felipe Museum is where even the adults can get down to trying out the wackiest science experiments and observe the strangest phenomena that we know. You don’t have to be a child to enjoy the wonders of science known to us.