Valencia City of Arts and Sciences Tourist Guide Valencia

The Parpalló Room in Valencia is currently exhibiting “La Grande Fête #1″ by Han Hoogerbrugge.
In La Grande Fête, an interactive installation, Hoogerbrugge portrays the obsessions of contemporary man. To do so, he assembles several characters who represent a large part of the members of the human race that do not want to face up to a social reality full of uncertainties.
So, running away from the anguish this produces, they decide to create their own reality (their own festival). Characters that find evasion in compulsively consuming food, fetishes, violence, etc. and that are plunging either towards destruction or divine revelation.
La Grande Fête has [...]

The Parpalló Room in Valencia is currently exhibiting Augmented Sculpture de Pablo Valbuena.
Augmented Sculpture is an installation that reflects on the temporary quality of the space and its constant transformation. In this  computer science culpture, Pablo Valbuena raises two levels that explore different aspects from the spatio-temporal reality.
The first level consists of a physical volume that controls the real space and serves as support for the second level, that consists of a virtual layer of projected light to control the transformation and sequencing of the piece. The assembly of both levels brings about the impression of a physical geometry that it can [...]

The exhibition, organized by the MuVIM and Mediterranean Caja, concentrates on the futuristic movement and its influence on the Italian publicity of the time.
One of the more interesting movements is that of vanguard, that was developed between the first and second decade of century XX in Italy.
There are more than 80 works, among which there is emphasis on posters of great format, sculptures, books, manifestos, publications and other graphical work, collages and drawings of the most representative authors of this movement (Alberto Bianchi, Aldo Mazza, Alfredo Cavadini, Antonio Maraini, Car it Bompiani, Car it Carrà, Federico Seneca, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Fortunato Depero, [...]

The Museum of Natural Sciences of Valencia is the perfect place for a photographic exhibition “First Ladies, Women in emergency situations” (“First Ladies. Mujeres en situación de emergencia”)
The women are the first to suffer when the power of the army ruins a society. At the same time, they are powerful: they assure the survival of their family and assume the main sustenance tasks and refuge. For that reason, these women are our “First Ladies”.
Histories of these “First Ladies” have been picked up by three famous Dutch photographers in three contexts, women who have been affected by the war or the insecurity of it:

On June 28, 2001 the Museu Valencià de la Il·lustració i de la Modernitat opened to the public, better known as the MuVIM it had to overcame problems caused by the emergence of complex archaeological remains in the surrounding landscaping.
It is located in a stark building, the architectural work of Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra Seville, and falls under the Provincial Council of Valencia.  Dedicated to the field of art known as the beginning of the Enlightenment it also extends its content to include the study and analysis of modernity.  It also has a showroom that plans to integrate part of the program organized by the [...]

On your first visit to the city of Valencia and to the Museo Fallero, located in a former Vincentian convent, you may find it hard to understand what exactly a falla is and what this Museum means.
Basically, fallas can be described as satirical monuments. They are models made of combustible materials (cardboard, wood, etc.) that are erected in public squares and at main crossroads and then burnt on the night of 19 March, St Joseph’s Day.
The monuments are made by specialist falleros with the help and encouragement of resident’s committees in all the different districts that spend the whole year preparing the annual [...]

El Almudin
Constructed in the 16th century the El Almudin building in Valencia served as a warehouse. This gave rise to the name “almudin” from Arabic. The structure was used to store the grain for the city.
Originally it would have a much smaller build but it has been expanded over the centuries XV and XVI to take on the appearance it has today. For example, the porch was built in the first half of the sixteenth century and the original building would have had an open central courtyard but  in the early seventeenth century  it was joined by the cover, giving the image of [...]

Museo Del Gremio De Artistas Falleros takes you on a journey of the ninot creation.
The profession of fallero artist is long and hard. The artist has always arranged his work with the orders of decoration, construction of floats and in the last few years, the accomplishment of fair stands and the theming of spaces for for the whole Fallas performance.
With new materials and the collaboration of designers with each other there has been an evolution of the activity of the fallero artist to continue creating decorations that need lasting and resistant construction for the use of the ninots and also to withstand the [...]

The intention of the IVAM, the Valencian Institute of Modern Art, is the investigation and diffusion of twentieth-century art. Its programme of activities offers permanent collections, temporary exhibitions, talks, courses, workshops and publications.

It has two premises: the Centre Julio González, opened in 1989, and the Sala de la Muralla opened in 1991.
The Centre Julio González is a newly-erected 18,000 m2 building, most of which is open to the public. Of the total floor space, 60% is occupied by eight galleries that house both permanent and temporary exhibitions. One of these galleries, with its own separate entrance, shows the remains of the mediaeval [...]

The Museo Histórico Médico, is located inside the highly complex of the School of Medicine of the University of Valencia.
The museum was created after many instruments, materials and iconographic works were donated by the school. Over the years the museum has grown due to donations from others. With artefacts dating back as early as the 19th century, the museum illustrates how medical science has advanced over the years.
There are different sections dedicated to a variety of subjects related to medicine including Paleo-medicine and traditional medicines from different countries such as Greece, China, and India. A separate hall in the Museo Historico-Medico is dedicated [...]