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| Established | 2010 |
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| Location | Burgos, Spain |
| Visitors | 279.000 (July 2010-July 2011) |
| Director | Javier Vicente |
| Website | www.museoevolucionhumana.com |
| Area | 15,000 m2 (160,000 sq ft) |
The Museum of Human Evolution (Spanish: Museo de la Evolución Humana - MEH) is situated on the south bank of the river Arlanzón, in the Spanish city of Burgos. It is located roughly 16 kilometers west of the Sierra de Atapuerca, the location of some of the most important human fossil finds in the world. In addition, the Archaeological site of Atapuerca, which was declared a World Heritage Site in 2000, has yielded some of the exhibits at the museum.
Since its inauguration on July 13, 2010, and until July 8, 2011, the museum received a total of 279,000 visitors,[1] thus becoming the most visited museum in Castile and León, and approaching the 10th most visited museum in Spain.
In 2022, the museum managed to recover the pre-pandemic figures, obtaining 142,766 visitors (only the permanent exhibition of the MEH, without counting the visits to the temporary exhibitions, nor to the Archaeological Site of Atapuerca), approaching the 151,877 visits it had in 2019,[2] once again placing itself among the most visited museums in Spain.
It forms the centerpiece of the so-called "Complejo de la Evolución Humana" (Human Evolution Compound), comprising a convention center, the CENIEH research institution, and the museum itself.
- ^ "El Museo de la Evolución Humana cierra su primer año con 279.000 visitantes". El Correo de Burgos. 8 July 2011.
- ^ "Museums of Burgos". Retrieved 24 March 2023.