Museum of Human Evolution (Burgos)
The Museum of Human Evolution, popularly known as the MEH, is located where the old Convent of the Dominicans of St. Paul was once located. It was inaugurated in 2010 and is considered one of the most modern museum institutions in Castile and León. It is the most visited museum in this autonomous community.
Its design, with a rectangular floor plan and spectacular dimensions, and with an almost total glass covering on its façade, was designed by the renowned architect Juan Navarro Baldeweg. The imposing façade and excellent distribution of its internal areas have earned the MEH more than 40 national and international awards and recognitions.
The museum's purpose is to conserve, disseminate, and inventory the archaeological relics found in the Sierra de Atapuerca Site, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2015 due to the extraordinary archaeological wealth found there.
The MEH is part of an important regional museum network made up of the Steel and Mining Museum in Sabero, the Museum of Contemporary Art in León and the Ethnographic Museum in Zamora.
The MEH is so popular that during its first year of operation, it reached the impressive level of almost 280,000 visitors. This made the institution the most visited museum in Castile and León and one of the most popular in Spain.
Its design, with a rectangular floor plan and spectacular dimensions, and with an almost total glass covering on its façade, was designed by the renowned architect Juan Navarro Baldeweg. The imposing façade and excellent distribution of its internal areas have earned the MEH more than 40 national and international awards and recognitions.
The museum's purpose is to conserve, disseminate, and inventory the archaeological relics found in the Sierra de Atapuerca Site, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2015 due to the extraordinary archaeological wealth found there.
The MEH is part of an important regional museum network made up of the Steel and Mining Museum in Sabero, the Museum of Contemporary Art in León and the Ethnographic Museum in Zamora.
The MEH is so popular that during its first year of operation, it reached the impressive level of almost 280,000 visitors. This made the institution the most visited museum in Castile and León and one of the most popular in Spain.
Location
Civil Buildings in Burgos
Religious Buildings in Burgos
