# Parque Explora

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|name           = Parque Explora
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|image          = File:Parque Explora. from Metrostation Universidad, Medellín.jpg
|image_size     = 250 px
|caption        = Aerial shot of Parque Explora
|established    = 2008
|location       = Carrera 52 No 73-75<br>[Medellín](/source/Medell%C3%ADn), [Colombia](/source/Colombia)
|visitors       = 
|type           = [Science museum](/source/Science_museum)
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|website        = {{URL|http://www.parqueexplora.org/}}
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'''Parque Explora''' is an interactive science museum in [Medellín, Colombia](/source/Medell%C3%ADn%2C_Colombia),<ref name="Caputo">{{cite book|author=Lorrain Caputo|title=VIVA Colombia Adventure Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c16G3Z9EtgcC&pg=PT627|accessdate=10 August 2013|publisher=Viva Publishing Network|isbn=978-1-937157-05-0|pages=627–}}</ref> loosely modeled after San Francisco's [Exploratorium](/source/Exploratorium).<ref name="Porup2010">{{cite book|author=Jens Porup|title=Lonel Colombia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kw78V-p1aY4C&pg=PA208|accessdate=10 August 2013|date=15 September 2010|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74220-326-3|pages=208–}}</ref> It houses South America's largest freshwater aquarium, Explora Aquarium.<ref>{{cite web|last=Explora|first=Parque|title=Sitio web oficial del Parque Explora|url=http://www.parqueexplora.org|accessdate=11 December 2013}}</ref> The museum contains over 300 interactive attractions, as well as a 3D auditorium, [planetarium](/source/planetarium), television studio, and [vivarium](/source/vivarium). The museum opened in 2008.
thumbnail|right|Snake from the vivarium

==Architecture==
Architect Alejandro Echeverri designed the museum.<ref name="Bullivant2012">{{cite book|author=Lucy Bullivant|title=Masterplanning Futures BULLIVANT|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7xal23QYDW4C&pg=PA126|accessdate=10 August 2013|date=12 November 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-55446-6|pages=126–}}</ref> It has a combination of indoor and outdoor space. Its four red "cubes" house the museum's science and technology rooms.<ref name="Escobar2010">{{cite book|author=Luis Fernando González Escobar|title=Ciudad y arquitectura urbana en Colombia 1980-2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UjYa6z99nikC&pg=PA99|accessdate=10 August 2013|year=2010|publisher=Universidad de Antioquia|isbn=978-958-714-382-9|pages=99–}}</ref>

==Explora Aquarium==
thumbnail|right|Pufferfish from the aquarium
Explora aquarium houses more than 2,000 organisms and about 250 of Colombia's most common species.<ref>{{cite web|last=Explora|first=Parque|title=Sitio web oficial del Parque Explora|url=https://www.parqueexplora.org/visitanos/acuario#descripcion|accessdate=19 January 2024}}</ref> Its 25 tanks exhibit many of the most representative species that inhabit Colombia's rivers and oceans, including [piranha](/source/piranha)s, [electric eel](/source/electric_eel)s, and a panchromatic kaleidoscope of fish.<ref name="Baker2012" />

==Location==
Parque Explora is located in the northern area of Medellín, known as the North Zone (''Zona Norte''), between Parque Norte and the [Botanical Garden of Medellín](/source/Botanical_Garden_of_Medell%C3%ADn). The museum can be reached by the Medellín Metro on line A, at the University Station stop, which is named for the nearby [University of Antioquia](/source/University_of_Antioquia).<ref name="Baker2012">{{cite book|author=Christopher Baker|title=National Geographic Traveler: Colombia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MJ28KAzMbZ8C&pg=PA171|accessdate=10 August 2013|year=2012|publisher=National Geographic Society|isbn=978-1-4262-0950-5|pages=171–}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Parque Explora}}
* [http://www.parqueexplora.org/ Official website]

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Category:Museums in Medellín
Category:Aquaria in Colombia
Category:Science museums in Colombia

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