Museo Elder de la Ciencia y la Tecnología
Elder Museum of Science and Technology
Muelle Sta. Catalina
35007 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Las Palmas
+34 828 01 18 28
Daily 10:00 – 20:00
Admission fee
Aircraft collection
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AR9-053/23-53 |
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-34 (front fuselage)
Northrop SRF-5A Freedom Fighter |
The Museo Elder de la Ciencia y la Tecnología display are on four floors, with exhibitions of technology, physics, mathematics, geology , biology, medicine and astronomy, with a digital planetarium. Among the items on display are models of steamships and a marine diesel engine, a Northrop F-5 fighter jet plane, a greenhouse ecosystem and a “Robocoaster”. A steam locomotive dating from 1885 is displayed near the cafeteria. In 2017 the Museo Elder de la Ciencia y la Tecnología unveiled a scale model of the European Solar Telescope which is planned to be built on La Palma. A new Science and Research room was also opened in 2017
Photos Johnny Comstedt