Universum, Science museum in Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico
Universum is a science museum in the Coyoacán district on the grounds of Ciudad Universitaria and comprises thirteen halls devoted to different disciplines such as mathematics, chemistry, geology and life on Earth. The exhibition space spreads across several levels with interactive stations and models that visitors can touch and operate.
The National Autonomous University of Mexico opened this facility on December 12, 1992, to make scientific education accessible to the general public. Since then the institution has expanded its offerings several times and added new halls that address current research topics.
The name connects to the Latin word for universe and reflects the aim to bring all fields of science under one roof. Children and adults move between the rooms and take part in hands-on experiments that make physics or biology tangible.
The complex sits on a 10-hectare site in the south of Ciudad Universitaria, within the Pedregal de San Ángel ecological reserve, and its buildings cover 25,000 m². The thirteen permanent halls are distributed over three floors of three buildings, so plan the route by level; the José de la Herrán Planetarium and the Universum Garden are on the ground floor. The site also holds a cafeteria and a full restaurant.
The collection contains real Moon rocks provided by NASA that visitors can view up close. Another draw is Golem, a robot that speaks to children in natural language and answers questions about technology.
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