On the occasion of International Museum Day, next Friday, May 18, the Science Museum of the University of Navarra will exceptionally open to the public its collections, where more than 25 million specimens of 10,000 different species of animals and plants are kept, catalogued and stored in chambers, special cabinets, freezers, etc., with the aim of keeping them in the same conditions in which they were deposited.

Precisely on the occasion of this special day, the Museum will show that "unexhibited" part (its funds) that represent the largest volume of its collections, as is usual in the collections of natural sciences, of which only a small part is visited. In this case, almost 7,000 pieces exhibited throughout the year, and free access, in a hundred showcases spread over the five floors of the Science Building of the University of Navarra (Hexagon).

Visits to the collections will take place on Friday 18 at 10:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. All of them will leave from the hall of the Science Building and will begin with an explanation, by the corresponding guide, of the origin of this Museum. Afterwards, the exhibits will be visited and, at the end, access will be given to the collections, which are normally closed to the public. There, the guide will explain the conservation methods, how each piece is catalogued, how records are shared in international research networks, etc.

The current exhibition of the Science Museum receives, annually, almost 2,000 schoolchildren from Navarre and more than a thousand high school students who participate in outreach activities, such as the Week of Science and Technology, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science or the World Environment Day.