As part of the Education, Communication, and Outreach group, this section is responsible for the development and production of CERN exhibitions, both on-site and off. Current work is strongly focused on preparing for the CERN Science Gateway. Section expertise covers hands-on exhibit development, social science research, prototyping, arts curation and editorial.

Mandate

• Development of exhibitions
• Audience research
• Heritage conservation 

Activities

Create, produce and update exhibitions for

• Microcosm and Universe of Particles
• Passport to the Big Bang
• CERN’s palette of travelling exhibitions
• Science Gateway, CERN’s iconic new visitor centre opening in 2023

Carry out audience research to inform all development work and measure impact

Disseminate hand-on exhibit, interactive and media content across CERN member states, through collaborations with external exhibition partners

Improve accessibility to CERN’s exhibitions for all

Commission artworks for on-site exhibitions, in collaboration with Arts at CERN

Manage CERN’s object heritage collection and associated loan programme