Parque de las Ciencias is a science centre and museum located in the city of Granada, Andalusia, Spain. Parque de las Ciencias, under the motto "A new kind of Museum", was founded in 1990 and opened in 1995. It occupies 70.000 m². The museum holds permanent and temporary exhibitions, a planetarium, educational facilities and a cultural gallery that includes several versatile and flexible spaces with different capacities ranging from 50 to 550, a café and restaurant, bookshop, library, cinemas, etc. Since its opening, is directed by Ernesto Páramo Sureda, as the museum project in 1990, and its successive expansions.
Parque de las Ciencias counts amongst its council members the University of Granada, the Spanish National Research Council the largest public institution dedicated to research in Spanish, the local, provincial and regional government and CajaGranada Foundation. The museum also houses 'Windows to Science' and 'Live Science' which, through crystal bounded spaces, provides the visitors with an insight into science as it is really done in labs. Parque de las Ciencias also has a Plastination Lab, Restoration and Production Workshops. It is also member of the European network of science centres and museums ECSITE