Visit MBG-CSIC
* This article has been translated into English using Google Translate and may contain errors.
The CSIC research centre in Pontevedra offers scientific outreach activities aimed at schools, institutes, higher education centres and groups of the general public.
The Biological Mission of Galicia has among its purposes that of contributing to the scientific training of society through scientific culture actions.
1. Visit the Biological Mission of Galicia
Do you want to know more about the research that the CSIC does in Pontevedra? Do you want to promote scientific vocations in your school or institute? Are you from an entity with a group of people interested in science or scientific dissemination?
Come and see the historic Carballeira de Salcedo, where the Pazo de Gandarón is located, and which is currently the nerve center of the agricultural, forestry and environmental research carried out by the Biological Mission of Galicia at its headquarters in Pontevedra. You can schedule a visit to this research center, in the days organized by the Valorization Unit, in the morning, starting at 10:00 a.m., with an approximate duration of 2 and a half hours. During the tour, the visiting group will learn about the history of this century-old CSIC research centre in Galicia and the research carried out by the scientific and technical staff at the Pontevedra headquarters.
You may wonder: what am I going to see at the MBG-CSIC? Each tour is different, as it is adapted to the specific needs of the visiting group, their concerns, the availability of the MBG staff and the time of year.
If you want to participate in the visits to Pontevedra, keep in mind that your visiting group must meet the following requirements:
- Be a maximum of 25 people per visit (per day, only one visit is made).
- The visits are carried out in Spanish or Galician.
- Have civil liability insurance that covers attendees in case of an accident during the visit to the MBG-CSIC.
You should also bear in mind that the visit is free, but the MBG-CSIC does not cover the travel expenses of visitors to the research centre, nor any other related costs.
NOTE ON ACCESSIBILITY: Visits for people with reduced mobility and without mobile devices will be limited to a talk-workshop in one of the buildings, due to accessibility limitations.
2. You can also request a school outreach activity from the MBG
But what happens if you cannot go to the Biological Mission of Galicia but want to participate in a scientific outreach activity? You can request that the staff of the Biological Mission of Galicia give workshops, talks or other types of activities organized by the school or another type of entity.
3. How to request a visit to the MBG-CSIC in Pontevedra?
Request a visit to the Biological Mission of Galicia, the CSIC research center in Pontevedra, from the institutional email of the School Director or Head of Studies; or from the Directive of the requesting entity.
Once the school year has ended (September to June), the waiting list for applications will be restarted. However, schools and entities that are unable to visit the Mission will have priority in the following year.
4. Recommendations before requesting the visit
So that we can adapt the visit to the needs of the group, you will need to inform us of what is necessary:
- Check whether the research work of the Biological Mission of Galicia can respond to the Specific Competencies or Basic Knowledge that you are working on in this academic year. Visit the “Research” and “Services” tabs in the mbg.csic.es menu
- If there are cross-cutting topics that you consider of interest (e.g.: the scientific method or access to employment at the CSIC), do not hesitate to comment so that we can prepare the information.
- Please provide us with all the data that you consider relevant about visitors, especially those related to accessibility.
