CaixaForum Barcelona and CosmoCaixa have programmed creative and educational activities this Christmas

To celebrate the Christmas holidays, the "la Caixa" Foundation presents a special program for all audiences in CaixaForum Barcelona and to CosmoCaixa Science Museum With a wide range of cultural and scientific offerings to suit all tastes.

CaixaForum Barcelona: the music and magic of animated film

CaixaForum Barcelona will host two shows and a workshop: Rrrrrr, story of a caterpillar, a proposal for early childhood that combines dance, puppetry and the music of Frédéric Chopin and The Pfeiffers, which tells the story of a group of outlaw musicians in a future dystopia where music has been banned. The show includes a concert by virtuosos with striking outfits.

Music also plays an essential role in the workshop «I sing with my family at Christmas", in which South African singer Karol Green will turn classic Christmas carols on their head with a gospel rhythm in a workshop show where attendees will have the opportunity to test their voices.

Animated films will also take center stage with the series The Little Film Buff's Christmas, a proposal that will bring four film screenings to the CaixaForum Barcelona auditorium for children: The Great Christmas of the Animals, Stone Soup and Other Changed Tales, Marcel, the seashell with shoes and Pat and Mat in winter, with a family discussion after the screening.

The program of activities will be complemented by the plastic arts workshop «Winter lamp", where you can create ornaments that capture light.

In addition, there will also be special tours. The center will offer the immersive experience We are Nature, a stunning journey through the heart of biodiversity; Voices of the Pacific. Innovation and tradition, dedicated to the artistic genius and history of the peoples of Oceania with works from the British Museum, and [Rec]ords. Life through home movies, which analyzes the reasons why we film and spans a century of home movies.

CosmoCaixa Science Museum: science to explore, enjoy and learn

At the CosmoCaixa Science Museum, one of the highlights will be the family visit "Great Mammoth Hunters," which, taking advantage of the arrival of the new fossilized woolly mammoth skeleton in the Universe Room, will showcase the work of paleontologists and archaeologists, and explain the main characteristics of these animals and what their history was like.

On the other hand, the PlanetaryThe digital venue will host the full-dome projections. Polaris, which proposes a journey through the Earth and the solar system, and Black holes, A film to discover the mysteries of these celestial bodies. Other screenings will also be shown, such as Postcards from other worlds and Dinosaurs. A Story of Survival.

For the little ones, CosmoCaixa will continue to permanently offer the «Bubble Planetarium" and "Click", to explore, experiment and discover themes such as air, light and color, water or construction. Also the space for «Cold, cold. Experiences that will leave you frozen.", designed to experiment with cold, heat, and the liquid, solid, and gaseous states of the elements.

And to continue learning, CosmoCaixa offers the escape room game or escape room «Rescue on the MoonThe participants will find themselves on a lunar base that has suffered an incident and lost biological samples from a laboratory, which they will have to locate. The center will also offerWho wants to be an astronaut?"A workshop and demonstration organized in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) will attempt to simulate the tests that must be passed to become a space traveler. The exhibitions Extraterrestrials. Is there life beyond Earth? he "Learning space: Extraterrestrials"complement the experience.

The space «Remains and traces", dedicated to discovering fossils and also the footprints and traces of dinosaurs or prehistoric birds from thirty million years ago, will have a learning corner to learn about fossils.

For lovers of numbers, CosmoCaixa will also offer the «Lab Math", a space that invites you to experiment with mathematics through puzzles, mazes, games, and riddles. This activity will include the workshop «Puzzles to awaken intuition

«Open Creactivity. Luminous Postcardsto understand how the properties of materials cause them to conduct electricity and to create a postcard that they can take home as a souvenir, and "Explore. Conflict Minerals"These are other proposals.

Furthermore, in «Micrarium open. The beach under the microscope. We will venture into beaches around the world to see, on a microscopic scale, the mineral, animal, plant, and synthetic remains found on the coasts of seas and oceans, as well as sensory activity. "The Fish of the Flooded Forest. 0-2"Designed for children up to 2 years old and inspired by CosmoCaixa's iconic Flooded Forest. The center will also offer the second part of this workshopDesigned for children aged 3 to 5, this activity will tell a story about Amazonian fish.

Special center hours

From December 20 to January 7, CaixaForum Barcelona and CosmoCaixa will be open during their usual hours, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., except for December 24 and 31 and January 5, when the centers will have special hours, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and most activities will end at 6 p.m. The centers will be closed on December 25 and January 1 and 6.