Barcelona's oldest public museum reopens to fight climate change denial
New Martorell Exhibition Center hosts scientific exhibitions with a strong social impact
Barcelona's oldest public museum, the Martorell Exhibition Center, has reopened its doors intending to become a key player in the fight against climate change denial theories.
The facility in Barcelona's Ciutadella Park has been completely renovated over two years for €6.2 million. It will now host scientific exhibitions on topics with a high social impact related to biodiversity and climate change.
The mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, said that the museum's renovation is one of the first parts of a new scientific and urban project that aims to transform the park of Ciutadella into a center of knowledge, research and innovation.
"We are experiencing a cultural, economic, and scientific renaissance in Barcelona," he said.
Collboni stressed that the fight against climate change denial is crucial, especially when Catalonia is experiencing the worst drought in its history, and that the museum will be an important tool in this fight.
"[Climate change denial] is fought with knowledge and by filling the museum with children and explaining to them what science is," he indicated.
The new museum currently houses two exhibitions: one dedicated to the work of the taxidermists and the other to the recovered skeleton of Grandfather, the first elephant of the Barcelona Zoo at the beginning of the 20th century.