Curious connections: Geneva’s Natural History Museum comes to CERN

Where can you see a Large Hadron Collider magnet next to a piece of volcanic rock, a dinosaur bone next to a neutrino horn, the Standard Model with the tree of life or dinosaur tracks next to particle tracks?

From 26 October 2024 to 2 March 2025, the exhibition Curious connections: the Museum comes to CERN, for visitors aged eight and up, is revealing fascinating links between particle physics and natural history.

The result of a collaboration between CERN and the Natural History Museum of Geneva, this is the first temporary exhibition to be hosted in CERN's new exhibition space at the Globe of Science and Innovation. It showcases part of the Natural History Museum's collections during its closure for renovations, creating connections with objects from CERN and providing an intriguing new way to discover the two institutions.

Interested? Become a guide! The exhibition needs guides to show visitors around, represent CERN and help decode bubble tracks. The exhibition is open during CERN Science Gateway opening hours (Tuesday to Sunday, 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.).

Don't miss: Danser avec l'Evolution

Danser avec l'Evolution, a related event that blends contemporary dance with physics and life sciences, is coming to CERN Science Gateway on 19 November at 7.30 p.m. This dance performance tells the story of human history, drawing connections between evolution and the mysteries of the cosmos. After the performance, the paleoanthropologist Pascal Picq and the physicist Leïla Haegel will discuss the links between humankind and the Universe. The event will be in French and you can register for it via Indico.