The Chauvet Cave: a scientific adventure

From 15 October 2024

Discovered exactly 30 years ago, The Chauvet Cave, an archaeological treasure from the Palaeolithic, still has many secrets to unveil... The Chauvet Cave, a scientific adventure allows you to step into the shoes of a scientist and discover how they work in order to reveal the mysteries of these incredible vestiges that remained untouched for 21,500 years!

The exhibition

The exhibition shows the day-to-day work of researchers in the Chauvet Cave. Four weeks a year, the scientists can cautiously observe all the details of the inside of the cave, and then continue working on the outside. Get inside the life of these scientists: experience their work conditions, wear their equipment, discover their tools, get to know the technologies they use, analyse prints as well as fossilised excrement…

Wander freely among four spaces that help us understand the different faces of the cave: interdisciplinary research, living beings of the Palaeolithic that inhabited it, the art inside the cave… Get ready to live a real scientific experience!

 

© Photograph Stéphane Jaillet (CNRS) / Chauvet Cave team ; ministry of Culture 

Practical informations

  • €13 | €10 | Our prices

  • From age 9

  • Trilingual exhibition (French, English, Spanish)

  • The Cité is open from Tuesday to Saturday 10.00 am - 6.00 pm and 10.00 am - 7.00 pm on Sunday.

Accessibility

  • Accessible to visually impaired visitors
  • Accessible to visitors with reduced mobility
  • Accessible to deaf and hard of hearing visitors
  • Accessible to cognitively impaired visitors
  • Accessible to signing deaf visitors

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Plan your visit

Small pushchairs are allowed inside the museum. This exhibition area can be accessed by lift.

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