Universum Museo de la Ciencias, Mexico City

Standing: Notable
Rank: Rank 2,601 of 6,529

Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

About Universum Museo de la Ciencias

Universum, the Science Museum of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), is Mexico's primary museum for promoting science and technology to the public. It opened in 1992 at Ciudad Universitaria in Mexico City and was one of the first science museums of its type in Latin America. It occupies a 10-hectare site in the south of the campus, part of the Pedregal de San Ángel ecological reserve, with 25,000 square metres of facilities, 12,000 of them for permanent exhibitions. Its exhibits use simplified language and attractive presentations to build interest in science, and in its first twenty years it received over 11 million visitors. The museum has also helped create science museums elsewhere in Mexico.

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What's inside

Permanent exhibits fill thirteen halls on three floors. They include the José de la Herrán Planetarium; the Parákata Butterfly Exhibit, an enclosure of live butterflies that also breeds species native to the Valley of Mexico; the Patli exhibit on medicinal plants; halls on biodiversity, mathematics, the brain, chemistry, the universe, the city, evolution, population, and health and sexuality; and a Reduce, Reuse, Recycle hall. The space exhibit shows real Moon rocks donated by NASA. Golem, an artificial-intelligence robot built by UNAM mathematicians, interacts with children and was the first robot designed to recognise children's voices speaking Spanish. The museum also hosts temporary exhibitions, sometimes with other institutions.

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Place details and sources

Building: University building OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Type of place: Museum OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Operator: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09