The museum features the permanent exhibition Planet Life, which traces the history of the evolution of life and the Earth, from its origins, and shows us what it is like today. Using the latest display technologies, the museum showcases part of the zoology, geology and botany collections that the Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona has preserved throughout its 132-year history. The museum offers space for temporary exhibitions and educational and informative activities. It will also have a mediatheque, restaurant and shop.

The exhibition Planet Life, which takes up 3,000 m2 of the museum, is organised in three sections. The first, entitled Gaia's Biography, will give us an insight into the history of life on our planet. The second, Present-day Earth, shows us our planet as it is today through the vibrant and diverse world of fossils, animals, plants, rocks, minerals, fungi, microbes and seaweed. The third, Laboratories of Life, shows various topics associated with nature and its relationship with human beings.

The museum is housed inside the distinctive, triangular Forum building designed by the Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. It is 25 metres high and 180 metres wide. The rough dark-blue façade is interspersed with strips of glass reminiscent of water cascading from the roof. The structure is suspended in the air by seventeen pillars, creating a covered space for public use at street level. The Forum is an iconic landmark of the new Barcelona.

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Accessibility details

The building has accessible signage for visually impaired visitors, including a tactile plan.

There are information leaflets about the museum in large print and Braille. The main exhibition "Planeta Vida" (Life Planet) has a total of 17 interactive tables, with 50 tactile elements and panels in large print and braille. There is an audioguide for visually impaired visitors about the museum as a whole and its centrepiece exhibition “Planet Life”.

The museum also runs free guided tours for visually impaired visitors (maximum eight people plus companions). They are introductory tours of the museum that offer an educational overview of the “Planet Life” exhibition, focusing particularly on the section “The Earth Today”.

The Museu Blau has magnetic induction coils in the events room and an induction loop at the main information desk.

Guided tours of the museum are available in sign language.

These tours also include an introduction to the museum and a visit to the “Planet Life” exhibition. Group size is limited to ten people.

The museum can be reached by accessible public transport (metro, tram and bus). Parking is available at the Forum Building and also at the Diagonal Mar shopping centre.

The building is totally accessible and there are adapted toilets. Wheelchair on loan available for visitors.

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