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] Museo Descubre (Full name: "''Descubre, Museo Interactivo de Ciencia y Tecnología''" or "''Discover Interactive Museum of Science and Technology''") is a hands-on, interactive

museum A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...

located in the city of

Aguascalientes City Aguascalientes (, lit. "hot waters" in Spanish) is the capital of the Mexican state of the same name and its most populous city, as well as the head of the Aguascalientes Municipality; with a population of 948,990 inhabitants in 2012 and 1,2 ...

Aguascalientes Aguascalientes, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes, is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and with an average altitude of above sea level it is pre ...

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

. Inside, the museum is shaped like a spiral, leading inward to various paths of knowledge. The museum creates a link between fun and learning by allowing visitors to actively participate by touching and playing with exhibits. The museum has exhibits on the sciences of

life science Life, also known as biota, refers to matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes. It is defined descriptively by the capacity for homeostasis, organisation, metabolism, growth, adaptation, respon ...

earth science Earth science or geoscience includes all fields of natural science related to the planet Earth. This is a branch of science dealing with the physical, chemical, and biological complex constitutions and synergistic linkages of Earth's four spheres ...

, and

social sciences Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of society, societies and the Social relation, relationships among members within those societies. The term was former ...

. It also contains an

IMAX dome IMAX is a proprietary system of high-resolution cameras, film formats, film projectors, and theaters known for having very large screens with a tall aspect ratio (approximately either 1.43:1 or 1.90:1) and steep stadium seating, with the ...

, allowing viewers to view films in full panorama. It also contains an auditorium, coffee shop and souvenir stores. File:Descubre-museo-interactivo-de-ciencias-y-tecnologia-de-aguascalientes-02.jpg File:Descubre-museo-interactivo-de-ciencias-y-tecnologia-de-aguascalientes-01.jpg File:Descubre-museo-interactivo-de-ciencias-y-tecnologia-de-aguascalientes-04.jpg File:Descubre-museo-interactivo-de-ciencias-y-tecnologia-de-aguascalientes-05.jpg File:Plantea_Tierra_descubre.jpg

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* Museums in Aguascalientes Science museums in Mexico {{Mexico-museum-stub