A Televés satellite dish, chosen as one of the objects of the National Museum of Science and Technology

The 2.8 meter diameter satellite dish with which the simultaneous reception of signals from up to three satellites was possible for the first time in Spain is part of the MUNCYT.

The parabolic Televes with which for the first time in Spain it was possible the simultaneous reception of signals from up to three satellites, is now part of the new room dedicated to the 20th century of the National Museum of Science and Technology (MUNCYT) at its headquarters in A Coruña.

With its 2.8 meters in diameter, it is the largest piece in the exhibition and will share exhibition space with pieces as representative of the evolution of science and technology in Spain as a SEAT 600 automobile, a Macintosh Plus Apple personal computer or a sewing machine from 1904.

Televés' innovative vocation has distinguished the company since its founding in 1958, and has allowed it to develop and launch hundreds of cutting-edge products, remaining at the international forefront of technology for the reception, measurement and distribution of radio-television signals.

Under the title of Cachivaches, the room dedicated to the 20th century completes the exhibition discourse of the A Coruña headquarters of the National Museum of Science and Technology and, as José Ignacio Fernández Vara, general director of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology, highlighted at the inauguration, conveys to the public the idea that research, development and innovation must always go together.

The new room has an area of ​​500 square meters and is divided into one hundred spaces, one for each year. In each one there is an object related to science and technology, often in terms of everyday life: appliances, vehicles, consumer products, toys... There are also professional tools, and materials from industries or laboratories that help define technical progress during the century.

Ramón Núñez Centella, director of MUNCYT, explained in the exhibition presentation that this tells one of the possible stories about the evolution of technology in Spain and the way in which it has impacted the lives of citizens.