Experience the natural sciences firsthand! Excursions, themed walks, exhibitions and more for families and adults impart knowledge in an informative and entertaining way.

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MICROCOSM - A journey through CERN

Venue

Route de Meyrin 385
1217 Meyrin

Discover the full scale and wonder of CERN’s monumental experiments. Find out what is happening at the Large Hadron Collider and meet the people who build and operate this extraordinary machine.

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Microcosm's exhibitions take visitors on a journey through CERN’s key installations. Follow the path of the particles from a bottle of Hydrogen, through the network of accelerators and on to collision inside vast experiments.

Intended for

Age:
  • 10-14
  • 14-18
  • 18+
  • 20-40
  • 55+
  • Wheelchair

Activity

Content: simple

Interactivity: active/passive

Inside/outside: inside

Categories

Audio visual content in English, French, German, Italian & Spanish
Monday - Friday 8.30 - 17.30
Saturday 9.00 - 17.00

Exhibition closed 1st May, 25th May, 5th June
Languages: English, French
Weather dependent? No
Does it cost anything? No