From 15 October 2024 until 11 May 2025
At The Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie
A masterpiece and a unique testimony to our past, since its discovery in 1994 – in a remarkable state of preservation – only the scientists working there have access to the Chauvet Cave.
Who hasn’t dreamed of donning a scientist’s coat and following in the footsteps of those who have been exploring the cave for over twenty‐five years? Of exploring the application of archaeology, palaeontology, ichnology, acoustics, geomorphology and also mathematics, genetics and digital science to research within a prehistoric cave? Such is the unique experience that will be on offer from 15 October at The Chauvet Cave: a scientific adventure exhibition at The Cité des sciences et de l’industrie.
Designed in partnership with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (National Centre for Scientific Research, CNRS), the exhibition gives an opportunity to explore research in action, which calls on a number of disciplines in an attempt to unlock the secrets of this decorated cave that acquired World Heritage Site status in 2014. The Chauvet Cave: a scientific adventure thus offers open access to the commitment of enthusiastic researchers who are attempting to improve our knowledge of the origins of our societies.
Bruno Maquart, Chairman and CEO of Universcience
Press contact
Hermine Péneau
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hermine.peneau(at)universcience.fr