The 12,000 square meter space is divided into 4 sections: "Universo" ("Universe"),"Vida" ("Life"), "Engenho" ("Ingenuity") and "Sociedade" ("Society")[1] and has more than 250 installations.

Aimed at young audiences, it was founded by the state secretariats of culture and education, with an investment of 20 million reais after 14 months of construction.

[2] Although the museum began operating in 2009, the São Paulo City Hall had been discussing its creation since 2005, when it sent bill 469/2005 to the Municipal Chamber to authorize the Executive to establish the Catavento Foundation.

In 2004, after Marta Suplicy moved her office to the Patriarca Building, on the Viaduto do Chá, the palace was abandoned, and the bars from the fence surrounding the property were stolen.

In 2014, the donation of the 9.2 thousand square meters area took place, sanctioned by former mayor Fernando Haddad (PT) and was published in the Official Gazette of the municipality in July of the same year.

Originally, the measure was part of a revitalization plan for the central region of the capital, including the Dom Pedro II Park.

According to paleontologist Luiz Anelli, the territory once had deserts and dinosaurs that spread across several regions such as Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Mato Grosso and São Paulo.

The interaction is done through didactic films incorporated into painted or relief panels, and other artistic constructions that expose the core of the sun and the earth and provide information on the performance of these stars.

The works depict topics of the solar system; Geology, space travel, landscapes and terrestrial reliefs, relying on audiovisual tools and containing a real meteorite.

The cultural apparatuses in their entirety are interactive and each has a specific knowledge function associated with a particular field of physics: Mechanics, optics, waves, thermodynamics and electromagnetism.

And, if visitors are over 13, the tour can be completed with a walk through the Prevention ("Prevenção") room, which warns of the dangers of drugs and also the interactive lecture that illustrates the risks of unsafe sexual relations.

[4] It discusses abortion, shows the evils of alcohol and drug consumption and allows one to evaluate historical decisions, such as the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan by the United States in World War II.