National Museum of Science and Industry of Catalonia

The National Museum of Science and Industry of Catalonia regarded by its acronym is one of the three national museums of Catalonia, located in Terrassa, close to Barcelona. Its project is to exhibit and promote an information of clinical, technical and industrial culture, and furthermore to hold, observe and present the established order and evolution of medical and technical advances in Catalonia, their business utility, and especially their social implications and impact.

The museum is an anchor factor on the European Route of Industrial Heritage. The museum is housed inside the iconic Vapor Aymerich, Amat I Jover in Terrassa close to Barcelona. It was designed with the aid of the Catalan architect Lluís Muncunill for Messrs Aymerich, Amat i Jover in 1909. He solved the problem of roofing the tremendous weaving shed with row upon row of 161 shell-formed 1/2 arches, each with gently curving windows: this served the same function as the saw-toothed north lights in a Lancashire weaving shed.

The columns broke up the usable area of the factory so needed to be carefully placed across the looms. The columns functioned as rain water drainage, and held the road shafting that transmitted power from the desk bound steam engine to the looms. The engine house and different components of the building function the Catalan vault. The factory changed into significantly affected by the flooding of 1963 and it in the end closed in 1978. It turned into offered by using the nation in 1983 and opened as a museum.