The Museu de la Ciencia is a unique science museum funded by La Caixa Bank; it is marketed as the most hands-on museum in Europe. The museum uses multi-media, innovative exhibition methods and original material in its permanent exhibition. The museum covers 98400 feet ² and the exhibition space is divided into four sections: Inert Materials which deals with the beginnings of our planet from the Big-Bang Theory; Living Materials examines the origins of mankind; Intelligent Materials focuses on how mankind developed into an intellectual creature  and Civilized Materials looks at the pioneers of science.

The museum is housed in a renovated and converted former factory and the general architectural style is modernisme. Visitors to the museum are greeted by a statue of Albert Einstein then proceed to the 5^th basement level via a spiral staircase which winds around a tall tropical tree growing from the Acariquara exhibit where the Amazon forest has been recreated. The recreated Amazonian forest, The Flooded Forest, exhibits animals and plants from the Amazon. Other ecosystems are examined in the Toca Toca section where you can see meet the creatures and inhabitants of diverse environments. There is a 3D planetarium as well as the Geological Wall where visitors follow an interactive route through the history of the world's geology. A huge 40 meter long Foucault pendulum demonstrates the Earth's rotation and another exhibit demonstrates the movement of waves in the Ocean. Other exhibits show how a sand storm is created; how a volcano works and outside in the museum grounds there are more experiments and exhibits. Apart from the museum exhibits the site has a bio-research center.