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Coimbra

Museu da Ciência

  • Address
    • Largo Marquês de Pombal
  • Website
  • Phone
    • 239 854 350
  • Price
    • adult/student €3/1.50
  • Hours
    • 10am-6pm Tue-Sun

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Lonely Planet review for Museu da Ciência

This wonderful science museum occupies a centuries-old former monastery converted by Pombal into the university’s chemical engineering building. With a couple of awards under its belt since opening in 2006, it features intriguing state-of-the-art interactive science displays coexisting with 18th-century lab sinks. Don’t miss the giant glowing globe in a room paved with medieval stones, or the psychedelic insect’s-eye view of flowers. Displays are English/Portuguese bilingual.