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collaborated with him in other projects. A man of his time, he was welltravelled and, having first-hand knowledge of famous science museums
worldwide, he wanted to establish their equivalent in his own land.
We sketched out the project together. We wanted something modern, simple, but of good quality. The museum should be a place that would awaken an
interest in advanced science and technology, above all in children and youth.
It should be an attractive place in which to discover through play, where the
key issues of science and inventions in everyday use could be taught without
pedantry in a direct and straightforward way.
I immediately thought of our young astrophysicist Ignacio García de la
Rosa to launch and manage the project. It was he who had set up the
‘Astrophysics in the Canaries’ exhibition at our Institute with the theme of the
1985 inaugurations. Interested in outreach, Ignacio had toured all the leading
science museums in the world, paying for the journeys from his own pocket.
Fig. 20.1 Poster announcing the IAC’s ‘Star Party’ on Las Teresitas beach.
(Credit: IAC)
F. Sánchez
collaborated with him in other projects. A man of his time, he was welltravelled and, having first-hand knowledge of famous science museums
worldwide, he wanted to establish their equivalent in his own land.
We sketched out the project together. We wanted something modern, simple, but of good quality. The museum should be a place that would awaken an
interest in advanced science and technology, above all in children and youth.
It should be an attractive place in which to discover through play, where the
key issues of science and inventions in everyday use could be taught without
pedantry in a direct and straightforward way.
I immediately thought of our young astrophysicist Ignacio García de la
Rosa to launch and manage the project. It was he who had set up the
‘Astrophysics in the Canaries’ exhibition at our Institute with the theme of the
1985 inaugurations. Interested in outreach, Ignacio had toured all the leading
science museums in the world, paying for the journeys from his own pocket.
Fig. 20.1 Poster announcing the IAC’s ‘Star Party’ on Las Teresitas beach.
(Credit: IAC)
F. Sánchez