Domus, the Museum of Humankind above the Orzán

The Domus is A Coruña's museum devoted entirely to human beings: how the body, the brain and genes work and where we come from. The Coruña Science Museums present it as the world's first interactive museum on that theme. The building is by the Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, and it stands at Rúa Ángel Rebollo, 91, above the Orzán inlet. It is cheap, takes an hour and a half to see and entertains children and adults at the same time.

What is inside

It has more than 150 interactive modules: devices you touch, step on or try out, not display cases. The exhibitions cover nutrition and the Sustainable Development Goals, the brain and neurons, genetics and human evolution, with reproductions of hominid skulls. There is also a cinema room with an 80 m² screen, a workshop called Laboratorio Aberto and a maker space.

For the little ones there is the MiniDomus, a play area for children up to age 6: an adult must be with them at all times, it holds 30 people and you can stay one hour at most. On free-entry days you must book it online.

Price and opening hours

Admission costs €2, and €1 reduced, for under-16s, over-65s, the unemployed, Carné Joven holders or students and large families. Children under 4 go in free. With the Bono 3 Casas, at €12, you also get into the Aquarium Finisterrae and the Casa de las Ciencias, and the pass does not expire.

The opening hours are those of the three museums: 10:00 to 19:00 from March to June and from September to December; 10:00 to 20:00 in July and August; in January and February, 10:00 to 18:00 on weekdays and 11:00 to 19:00 at weekends. You can enter until half an hour before closing. It is closed on 25 December and on 1 and 6 January.

How it fits into the day

The Domus is on the seafront promenade, between the Orzán beach and the way to the Tower. It is a good afternoon stop, after a surf lesson at the Orzán or as an indoor break if it starts to rain during the bike ride.