Music and Mathematics: A Sonic Journey from Chaos to Cosmos

The premise is simple and holds up: music is emotion, and underneath it sits mathematical structure. The exhibition is at CaixaForum València until 23 August, so there are only days left.

What it covers

«Música i matemàtiques. Un viatge sonor del caos al cosmos» traces the relationship between what we feel when we listen and the rational system producing it. Entry is €6. Opening hours, closing days and any associated sessions are published on the official page — with a show closing in August, confirm on the day you plan to go. Note the title is in Valencian; panel languages are worth checking on the same page if that matters to you.

Where it is and how to get there

CaixaForum València occupies the Àgora building inside the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències complex, at Carrer Professor López Piñero 7. You can walk there from the centre along the Turia riverbed park — long but flat and partly shaded — cycle the same route, or take a bus. There is underground parking at the complex, though it is not cheap; alternatives in where to park in València. Other transport options are in getting around València.

Building an afternoon around it

You are inside the whole complex, so it combines easily: the Science Museum and the Hemisfèric are right there, the Umbracle gives free shade, and the Gulliver park further up the riverbed handles children. It is also indoors and air-conditioned, which in a València August is worth more than it sounds — more of that in what to do in València when it rains and in the best museums in the city.