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Science Gateway Auditorium and Globe of Science and Innovation are available for private events at CERN.
An opportunity to welcome your guests in unique and fascinating buildings, emphasise your commitment to sustainable development and involved in one of the most ground-breaking aspects of research.
You are threes steps away from organising your event at CERN Science Gateway campus:
Go back to Big Bang Café Group Bookings.
Click here for families and individual visitors (less than 12 visitors).
Served with a side of green salad
(please select one for the whole group)
Whether you are a student, an educator, a local events organiser or designing an exhibition for a museum, science centre or research lab, we offer a variety of resources that will allow you to engage with Science Gateway and with CERN.
For students and educators, our educational resources can aid you in preparing for, enjoying, and following up on a visit to CERN Science Gateway, or engaging with it online if you cannot come to CERN physically.
With the opening of CERN Science Gateway, CERN is now opened from Tuesday to Sunday to allow better access to families and younger visitors.
Note that the reception opens from 8.00 to 18.00 but exhibitions and activities are from 9.00 to 17.00.
In addition to Mondays, CERN will be closed to visitors on a few exceptional dates every year.
We are looking forward to welcoming you at CERN Science Gateway.
As announced on our website, CERN will open Science Gateway to the public on Sunday 8 October 2023.
In preparation of the public opening of Sunday 8 October and due to the official inauguration for authorities and partners, CERN will be closed to visitors on Saturday 7 October.
This page is for groups which have booked their visit AND received a mail from CERN visits service that their lunch will take place at Big Bang Café.
The ice kingdom is getting ready for a great party. But their queen is busy, and no one has time for magical decorations- oh no! Come and help us create a magical party using the best magic of all: science!
This science show explores the beauty of science and scientific processes in the context of phase transitions and colour changes.