The Gran Canaria island hosts several museums and cultural centres. Among its main landmarks, the Museo Elder de la Ciencia y la Tecnología (Science and Technology Museum), the Casa de Colón (Christopher Columbus's house) can be found along with the Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (Atlantic Centre for Modern Art). Fine architecture enthusiasts should be impressed by the Templo Ecuménico de San Salvador, a church in a bold and unique style. The Grand Canaria island was shaped by diverse elements and identities that made several cultures meet, coexist and blend there. Prehispanic mummies, antique boats, contemporary art, famous writers, painters, musicians, architecture, aboriginal ceramics, sculpture : all of these can be seen on the Gran Canaria island.
