The Museum of History and Anthropology known by its acronym MHA, is located in the Casa Lercaro in the city of San Cristóbal de la Laguna, municipality declared World Heritage by UNESCO in 1999.

The building dates back to the end of the 16th century, when a family of merchants who came to the island from Genoa after the conquest began construction, this family were the Lercaro.

The Museum of History and Anthropology was inaugurated in 1993, the objective of the opening of this museum is to spread the historical evolution of the island of Tenerife. The museum offers a vision of the development that the island has had in the institutional, social, economic and cultural between the fifteenth and twentieth centuries.

In the museum numerous activities are carried out, research, conservation, dissemination of funds and collections of the history of the island are carried out. The programming of activities that takes place in the MHA is very broad, they are both cultural and didactic activities.

The Museum has a vocation to be a point for historical memory and reflection on contemporary culture, to study the past and lay the foundations for both the present and the future of the Island.

The most curious of the Museum of Science and the Cosmos that are in San Cristóbal de La Laguna is that it is not a traditional museum. It is one of those museums whose objective is not simply to see scientific experiments or what techniques are used, what this type of museums want is to disseminate science in a fun, entertaining and interactive way. Using the means available in the Museum of Science and the Cosmos and with the collaboration of visitors, the visit will be an unforgettable experience for young and old.

The Museum of Science and the Cosmos was created in 1993, belongs to the Autonomous Organization of Museums and Centers of the Cabildo of Tenerife, was promoted by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias with the acronym IAC.

This museum is considered the most important museum of science and astronomy in the Canary archipelago and one of the most important in Spain. Among the elements to be highlighted within the facilities, we should mention the Planetarium or the Interstellar Trip that can be seen through holograms.

Those who visit the museum will be able to experience all the available experiences first hand, it is possible to know the principles of nature, the functioning of the human body or the stars.