Visitando museos: Segunda parte (ESP/ ENG)

Greetings, dear friends! I hope you are having a nice start of the month. I am happy to be with you again sharing the visit I made to several museums in the city of Caracas, with my boyfriend and his family. As I mentioned a few days ago in one of my posts, at the beginning of March, we toured the National Art Gallery (GAN); however, this was not the only place we went. We took the opportunity to do the museum route and among those we attended were the Museum of Science and the Museum of Fine Arts. So today I will tell you about this beautiful tour.

𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚘 𝚍𝚎 𝙲𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚜 / 𝚂𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚞𝚖

The Science Museum is the first national museum of natural history in Venezuela. It is located in the Plaza Los Museos de Caracas, in the San Agustín Parish, whose main entrance is located in the Parque Los Caobos in Bellas Artes, an area known by the citizens as the cultural circuit of the city. It is worth mentioning that the structure of the Science Museum was designed by the distinguished Venezuelan architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva and was inaugurated on July 24, 1940, by the President of the Republic at that time, General Eleazar López Contreras.

The main function of this museum is to promote knowledge about the scientific and cultural heritage of the country, through its thematic rooms, dioramas and spaces where the diversity of nature, health, science and technology are exhibited.

Upon entering the Science Museum, the first thing that caught our attention was the majestic giraffe, which measures almost 6 meters. We also had the opportunity to see a small-scale Tachiraptor, the first dinosaur discovered in Venezuela in 1980. Next, we went to the first room, entitled “Speak earth! Venezuela, a seismic country”. In this section, the Venezuelan Foundation for Seismological Research (Funvisis), offers valuable information on the most significant seismic phenomena that have occurred in the country. The room has 3D graphic descriptions of a tsunami and a seismometer that illustrates the vibratory movements of the earth. In addition, we learned about the effects experienced by the Caracas Metro System as it passes through the city.

I found this room very interesting, since they explained to us how an earthquake originates, what actions we should take in these situations, and they presented us with a history of the earthquakes that have occurred in our country. In addition, we visited a small exhibit in room 2 entitled “Electromagnetism”, where the history of telecommunications is presented through a timeline that spans at least 200 years. This timeline begins with the use of the carrier pigeon and culminates in the present day with the fourth generation of mobile devices.

Next, we headed to the room entitled “Pandemic Time”, a space dedicated to the area of health. In this section, there is an exhibition on Covid-19 that offers visitors a detailed explanation of what a virus is, how it is transmitted and the narrative experienced during the Coronavirus era. Fascinating topics such as the development of today's vaccines, among other relevant aspects, are also covered. When you leave this room, you will find an interactive area that includes games such as memory, word search and other activities related to Covid-19. The truth is that I found it a very interesting and entertaining experience.

Next, we visited the diorama room, where three-dimensional representations of various natural sceneries are presented. On this occasion, the exhibition focuses on the fauna and flora of the different regions of the country, including the plains, the rainforests and the fauna of the African steppes.

We continued our visit by going up to the second level of the museum, where we were able to enjoy the exhibits entitled “Color Exhibition”, “Fossil Records”, “Oil in Our Lives” and “Chemistry for Life”. Unfortunately, we were not able to explore the “Aquatic World: Cetaceans” exhibit as it was still in the process of being assembled.

The “Chemistry for Life” exhibit turned out to be very entertaining and educational. When you enter the room, you find several screens and you can put on headphones to listen to the stories of various scientists who have made important contributions to the world of science. On the other hand, I really enjoyed the exhibition “Petroleum in our lives”, which offers a historical tour about petroleum, explaining its extraction process and the different derivatives of this substance composed of various hydrocarbons. My boyfriend loved these exhibits, as he is a petrochemical engineer and feels a great interest in everything related to science and this topic in particular.

I hadn't visited this museum for a long time and I thought it was great. It is well preserved, modern and is excellent to attend with children because they will learn and have a lot of fun.

𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚘 𝚍𝚎 𝙱𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚜 𝙰𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚜 / 𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚞𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝙵𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝙰𝚛𝚝𝚜

After visiting the Museo de Ciencias, we went to visit the Museo de Bellas Artes. This museum is also located in the Parroquia de San Agustin in the Plaza de Los Museos.

The Museo de Bellas Artes is the first museum of fine arts and the most important of our country. It was designed in a neoclassical and modern style, also by architect Carlos Raul Villanueva. Its inauguration took place on February 20, 1938, by President Eleazar López Contreras. It currently has 5638 works, and the National Cinematheque has an exhibition room where it is in charge of restoring, archiving, preserving and disseminating the film memory of Venezuela.

Our tour of this museum was actually short, since several of its rooms are under restoration and in others they were setting up some exhibitions that will soon be exhibited to the visiting public.

What I love about this museum is that it has a garden with a very beautiful view and offers an incredible peace; in addition, it allows to stimulate the correct observation and favors concentration. Around this garden are the corridors that lead to the 11 rooms of this museum. I took advantage of this beautiful space for my boyfriend to take some pictures hehe.

Here we were able to observe different artistic works distributed in several collections, such as: the Venezuelan, European and American engraving collection, Venezuelan, European and American drawing collection, Venezuelan photography collection and applied arts, sculptures among other pieces.

After visiting these beautiful museums, we decided to eat some raspados and then head to the GAN. The good thing about this route is that all these museums are close by and you can walk to them. As we came from Maracay, we parked near Los Caobos Park and started our route.

Admission to each of these museums is free, which allows you to use that money to pack your lunch box and enjoy a delicious lunch or snack. At the end of your visit, you can relax and have lunch at Los Caobos Park, or if you prefer, you can buy something to eat. The important thing is that this is an excellent plan to enjoy a weekend in the city of Caracas.

I really loved this tour and in each of the museums we received pleasant attention, had guided tours and learned a lot which is the important thing.

I am glad to be able to share these experiences with you through my blog. I hope you are encouraged to go, because you will really have a great time. I bid you a fond farewell. See you in a future post.

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Fotos/ Photos: Fotos de mi propiedad. Las que no tomé yo se encuentran identificadas en el post.

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Traductor/ Translator: Deepl