:. The general objective of the mNACTEC is to develop the knowledge of the history of science, technology and the process of industrialisation of Catalonia, as well as of the productive processes.

In order to achieve these aims, the museum set itself the following specific goals:

• Acquire, conserve and restore the scientific and technical heritage of the past and present, both objects, tools and machines as well as the built heritage.
   
• Encourage the study of the history of science and technology and of industrialisation.
   
• Make scientific and technical knowledge and progress widely available to society.
   
• Constitute the mNACTEC as the centre of activities related to the industrial heritage.
   
• Establish it as a place in which society, industry, the scientific community and especially the Universities can come together.