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The Museum of Human Evolution (Spanish: ''Museo de la Evolución Humana'') is a museum on the subject of human evolution situated on the south bank of the river Arlanzón, in the Spanish city of Burgos. It is located roughly 10 miles west from the Sierra de Atapuerca, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and location of some of the most important human fossil finds in the world. The museum was opened on July 13, 2010, and had received 148,045 visitors as of December 31, 2010, making it the most visited museum in Castile and León. It forms the centerpiece of the so-called "Complejo de la Evolución Humana" (Human Evolution Compound) comprising a convention centre, the CENIEH research institution and the museum itself . == History == The building, as well as the whole compound, was designed by Spanish award-winning architect Juan Navarro Baldeweg. The land on which it was built was the "solar de Caballería", a large plot of land in central Burgos where once had stood the convent of San Pablo, one of the foremost houses of the Order of Preachers in Castile. After its demise in the mid-19th century, military barracks were built in its place. The demolition of said barracks in the 20th century left a significant, purposeless void which was being used as a car park; not until 2000 was the decision made to build a museum on human evolution in its place. Navarro was chosen as the architect after an international competition where his design won over others made by Cruz y Ortiz, Steven Holl, Arata Isozaki and Jean Nouvel. Works on the site began in 2005 and are due to finish in 2012, although both the CENIEH and the Museum are already complete as of May, 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Museum of Human Evolution」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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