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The guardians of Lascaux
Go behind the scenes of this exceptional UNESCO site. Meet the guardians dedicated to its daily preservation and the scientists who study it.
Lascaux, The International Exhibition
Lascaux exhibition: a new chapter
A new tour starts in 2027.
From 2013 to 2024, the Lascaux exhibition traveled to 20 destinations worldwide. In 2025, for the first time in its history, the exhibition returns with a major innovation: the facsimile of an entire chamber of the cave, the Hall of the Bulls.
A universal heritage
The only traveling exhibition dedicated to a prehistoric cave
Conceived in 2010, the Lascaux exhibition is based on its facsimiles, exact replicas of the walls and paintings of the original cave, produced at the Périgord Facsimile Workshop. Mobile and demountable, they enable as many people as possible, the world over, to discover the masterpieces of the Lascaux cave.
Located in Montignac, in France’s Périgord region, Lascaux Cave is a timeless universal masterpiece, a world-renowned prehistoric site inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
- +2.5M visitors since 2013
- 4 continents
- 13 countries
- 18 cities
The new Lascaux exhibition
The Hall of the Bulls
Discover a new immersive experience inside the facsimile of the legendary Hall of the Bulls.
The first chamber of the cave, the first chamber to be discovered, and home to the largest painted work of prehistoric art—often referred to as the “Sistine Chapel of Prehistory”—the Hall of the Bulls is a unique site in the history of prehistory.
The visitor experience
Discover Lascaux through 8 modules
Universal, immersive and interactive, the exhibition is aimed at all visitors, especially young visitors and families.
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Understanding the techniques
Become a Lascaux artist: try out their techniques through interactive games and hands-on activities accessible to all.
An extraordinary discovery
Experience at first-hand the excitement of discovering Lascaux! Exclusive archive photographs will immerse you in the adventure that changed our perception of prehistoric art, from its revelation to the world in 1940 to the closure of the cave in 1963.
Where to see it
The new tour
Bordeaux, France
Cap Sciences — 14 June to 31 August 2025. First presentation of the new Hall of the Bulls facsimile.
Chicago, USA
The Field Museum — 28 May 2027 to 23 April 2028. North American premiere of the new version, fourteen years after the project’s very first international destination.
News
Latest from the tour
Lascaux returns to Chicago in 2027
A new partnership with the Field Museum, where the project made its world premiere in 2013.
Read the article : Lascaux returns to Chicago in 2027
Restoring Élisabeth Daynès’s sculptures
For the first time in an exhibition, prehistoric humans depicted with darker skin, hair and eye colors.
Read the article : Restoring Élisabeth Daynès’s sculptures
8 essential facts about the Lascaux exhibition
A patrimonial exhibition combining art, science, archaeology and prehistory to transmit and share the heritage of Lascaux Cave, a major sanctuary of the Palaeolithic period (21,000 years BP), from France.
Read the article : 8 essential facts about the Lascaux exhibitionHost the exhibition
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