The Museum of Natural Sciences opens an exhibition about water
On 15th February, the Natural Science Museum of Barcelona inaugurates Water, an exhibition without filter, which gives voice to the basic right to drinking water. Launched in a context of emergency due to drought, the exhibition invites all audiences to examine access and sustainable use of water on the planet and to discover how science, technology, and imagination are key to addressing the challenges posed by this fundamental element for life. The exhibition will be open until February 2025.
Its informative and rigorous content provides tools for a more sustainable use of water, both individually and collectively. Through around thirty interactive devices, the exhibition analyzes various threats affecting the quantity and quality of available water and explains what needs to be done to make it drinkable, safe, and accessible to everyone. It highlights what good practices are and how to make the planet more sustainable and ecosystems more balanced, assuming a commitment to ensure a future with access to water for all people.
The four thematic areas of the exhibition explore the contrast between a life with and without access to drinking water. Throughout the exhibition, key messages are addressed such as the concept of water footprint, the importance of adequate sanitation, the growing relevance of efficient water management measures in homes and cities, and the crucial role of water in ecosystems and biodiversity.
Water, an exhibition without filter, emerges in the context of the International Decade for Action – Water for Sustainable Development and within the framework of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 for 2030: Ensuring availability of drinking water for all. The exhibition has the collaboration of the Catalan Water Agency (ACA) and Barcelona Water Cycle (BCASA), and has been created by the Pavilhâo do Conhecimento of the Centro do Ciência Viva de Lisboa in collaboration with Portuguese research centers and universities as well as the European Space Agency (ESA), UNICEF, and the UN.
