Creation of Barcelona’s first street museum, the Jardí Geològic, approved
Work on the project, part of the Destination Barcelona Tourist Sustainability Plan and financed with Next Generation Funds, will get under way in the summer in a space outside the UB Faculty of Earth Sciences.
Barcelona City Council’s Government Commission has initially approved creation of the Jardí Geològic in C/ Menéndez i Pelayo, in Les Corts. More specifically, between C/Martí i Franquès and Av. Joan XXIII in the neighbourhood of La Maternitat i Sant Ramon.
The geological garden will be the city’s first street museum as it makes use of a space outside the faculty site as an extension of the teaching and research spaces at the University.
It will house various education and outreach spaces where natural materials will be displayed with information relating to geology and the Earth sciences. Work will start in the summer and take six months.
The budget for the project is €1.2 million, funded by Next Generation Funds. The Jardí Geològic is one of the measures in the Destination Barcelona Sustainable Tourism Plan. This plan encourages decentralising tourism options in the city and is being financed with €41 million of EU Next Generations funds.
Sustainable project in four sections
The project is made up of four sections. The first represents Geological Time. It will consist of a route made from different types of stone formed in the last 500 million years. Each material is linked to its corresponding period of time.
The second is the Earth space and will show the internal structure of the planet. Visitors will be able to see layers of the planet, constructed with materials representing them.
The third is the Geological Wall – Tall Ecors, recreating an intersection of the Earth’s crust representing our geographical sphere. This space will show what the internal structure of the subsoil is like.
The fourth and final space is called Applications and Processes. Its purpose will be to explain the importance of geology and natural materials through the history of humanity. This section will feature rocks linked to the formation of minerals that have played a key role in the development of our society.
