Touring exhibition

MOON. The adventure exhibition

Train, explore, dream ! – Available for touring from 2028

For school groups and families with children aged 7 and over

equerre

200 to 600 m² (flexible)

French, english and german

What if we went back ? Join the Space Odyssey.


Moon. The adventure exhibition, invites you to embark on a journey to the Moon, where science and interactivity meet fun and imagination.

 

Through hands-on, thought-provoking and playful experiences, this participatory exhibition invites visitors to discover, question, and experience the deep-seated human desire to return to the Moon — and to imagine what it might mean to travel to the Moon and to settle there one day.

An immersive and interactive exploration, where visitors will travel through three main areas, each dedicated to a key discovery moment in this journey.

The exhibition is on display at Le Vaisseau in Strasbourg from 3 October 2026 to 2 January 2028. Come and see it!

TRAIN - Springboard to the Moon

Test your physical and mental abilities then get ready for a journey to the Moon.

EXPLORE - Base on the Moon

Explore a lunar research base and discover what life is like there.

DREAM - Cities of the Moon

Imagine what inhabiting a new world could be like in cities on the Moon.

A unique immersive experience - Playing - Learning - Discovering

  • An immersive journey at the heart of the major scientific challenges of 21st-century lunar exploration.

  • An intergenerational experience where every visitor plays an active role in their own discovery.
  • Dynamic interactive activities throughout the tour for strong visitor engagement.
  • A diversity of approaches to the visit experience : active, reflective, contemplative.
  • Extensive use of gamification to ensure a fun and unforgettable visit.

A family-friendly exhibition designed at children's level

Fir all audiences aged 7 and up, including school groups and families.

Learning objectives

  • To stimulate curiosity and an interest in science and space exploration through experimentation and interactive activities.

  • To foster critical thinking and imagination in the prospect of human settlement on the Moon.
  • To provide insights into the scientific challenges of the 21st century.

 

The exhibition content has been codeveloped by Cap Sciences and Le Vaisseau, European science centres, in collaboration with education experts.

The exhibition journey

TRAIN - Springboard to the Moon

Let’s prepare for a space journey and a stay on the Moon! The training of anastronaut is, in itself, an adventure.

 

Visitors prepare for a space mission by exploring a life-size training centre. Through a series of hands-on and playful challenges, they test and develop skills required for a lunar mission.

 

Visitors collect achievement badges throughout their training and become truly active participants in the adventure.

 

Ready for launch. The mission to the Moon can begin.

EXPLORE - Base on the Moon

Fully prepared, it’s now time to experience real-life conditions aboard a permanent scientific base.

Visitors step Inside a lunar habitat and experience the daily life of scientists who have made it their home.

 

Through a series of immersive and cooperative missions, they manage the vital systems that keep the base alive : oxygen, water, food, and waste.

 

This experiment draws on projections from major space agencies and builds on NASA’s Artemis programmes.

 

Work together to become guardians of survival for the Moon’s pioneers!

DREAM - Cities of the Moon

Let’s take a forward-looking and imaginative look at the future of humankind on the Moon.

 

What will humanity’s presence in this hostile environment look like in the distant future? How do we imagine it?

 

Visitors shape their reflection into a fictional future and dream up their own inhabited lunar world through a generative AI module.

 

They go beyond contemporary representations and reconnect the Moon to the role it has always played: a fascinating source of wonder and fantastical imagination.

 

Dream freely, think critically, and picture what an ideal lunar society might be!

  • Year of creation : 2025
  • Trilingual exhibition : English, French, German. Option to add other languages
  • Size : Full version = 600 sqm
    2 zones = 400 sqm
    1 zone = 200 sqm
    Modular exhibition designed to be adaptable to host spaces
  • Minimum ceiling height : 2,60 m
  • Freight : 2 semi -trailers, 13,60 m long (600 sqm version)
  • Installation : 2 weeks (full version – basic, excluding transport)
  • Deinstallation : 1 week (full version – basic, excluding transport)

Exhibition scientific advisory board

Christian Mustin – Exobiology, Exoplanets and Planetary Protection Scientific Officer, CNES.

 

Francis Rocard – Head of the Planets and Small Solar System Bodies Scientific Programme, CNES.

 

Guillemette Gauquelin-Koch (CNES) – Life Sciences in Space Scientific Officer, CNES.

 

Jean-Marc Salotti (INP ENSC) – PhD in Sociology ; Associate Researcher, Centre Émile Durkheim (UMR 5116).

 

Jessica Brandler – PhD in Sociology ; Associate Researcher, Centre Émile Durkheim (UMR 5116).

 

Natacha Vas Deyres – President, Hypermondes Science Fiction Festival ; Senior Preparatory Classes Professor (CPGE), Lycée Grand Lebrun ; Member of the Nouvelle – Aquitaine Regional Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESER).

 

Roland Lehoucq (CEA Saclay) – Astrophysicist, Institute of Research into the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU), CEA Paris – Saclay.

The “Moon” exhibition project is a co-production between two European scientific centres based in
France : Cap Sciences in Bordeaux and Le Vaisseau in Strasbourg.

Cap Sciences Le Vaisseau

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