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The Province of Valencia has several museums of international renown. Discount cardsThe Valencia Tourist Card (VLC) entitles the holder to free public transport in the city of Valencia (zone A) and discounts for museum visits, some leisure activities, in shops and restaurants. Establishments that accept the discount card display a sticker. Hotels, kiosks and tourist offices sell these cards which are valid for a period of one, two or three days. The card is activated when used for the first time on public transport or when a date is stamped at a sales point. It is valid until midnight on the expiry date.
A Tourist Guide on a Mobile PhoneTourist sites displaying the Valencia Museu Obert sign provide a guided tour commentary via a visitor's mobile phone. To access one of eleven commentaries:
Museums & DiscountsMany museums in Valencia allow free entry; others have discounts for children, for groups of more than 10 people, for retired citizens and school groups. Some museums organise workshops, school holiday programmes, guided visits and other activities. Museum of Sciences (Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe)One of the most spectacular buildings of Valencia's City of Sciences and Arts (Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias), this museum has exhibitions and interactive displays on science and technology.
Arts Museum (Museo de Bellas Artes)Specialising in Gothic painting, this museum is the second largest art gallery in Spain after the Museo del Prado in Madrid with about 2,000 works of art, including a large number of paintings by Valencian artists of the XIV and XV centuries. There is also a contemporary art exhibition, sculpture area and archaeological collection.
Valencian Modern Art InstituteThe Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, or IVAM museum exhibits 360 artworks including paintings, sculptures and drawings and the Julio González and Pinazo collections. It hosts talks, courses and workshops.
Bull Museum (Museo Taurino)Founded in 1929, this museum preserves objects used during bullfights in the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Cathedral Museum (Museo de la Catedral)The Cathedral Museum displays paintings by artists such as Jacomart and Juan de Juanes, the original statues of the fourteenth-century Apostles' Door, Gothic paintings and other religious artworks.
Valencian History Museum (Museo De Historia Valenciana)This museum takes its visitors through 22 centuries of history.
Exhibition Room of the Bancaja Cultural CentreThe Sala de Exposiciones del Centro Cultural Bancaja houses xcontemporary works of art, including several by Picasso.
Natural History Museum (Museo Valenciano de Historia Natural)Several entomological collections with insect specimens the Valencia environment and the world.
Fallero Museum (Museo Fallero)The papier mâché figures (ninots) chosen each year by popular vote to be the best during the San José festival in mid-March are preserved in this museum. The museum exhibits many ninots before the festival, in order for people to see them all together and vote for the one to save from the bonfire on the last day of the celebration.
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