Due to a severe weather warning on Friday 14th November, Museum of the Moon activities have been cancelled. However, the Moon and a spectacular line up of performers will return on Saturday, 15th November.
Renowned artist Luke Jerram brings his spectacular Museum of the Moon to Dublin’s Merrion Square for Science Week 2025.
2025 marks three decades of Science Week in Ireland, with this year’s theme — Then. Today. Tomorrow. — reflecting on curiosity and collaboration in science over the years. To celebrate this milestone, Science Week and Research Ireland are proud to present Luke Jerram’s spectacular Museum of the Moon installation in Dublin’s Merrion Square.
Suspended between the trees, the seven-metre moon sculpture is internally lit and mapped with 120dpi detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface. At a scale of approximately 1:500,000, each centimetre of the model represents 5km of the moon’s terrain, offering visitors a breathtakingly close encounter with our celestial neighbour. Jerram’s work is already familiar to Dublin audiences — his large-scale Earth model Gaia is currently on display in Trinity College Dublin’s Old Library. Now, Museum of the Moon continues his tradition of blending science, art, and public engagement in awe-inspiring ways.
Accompanying the installation will be a thought-provoking programme of musical performances, designed to bring audiences together through a dynamic fusion of science and the arts. Due to a severe weather warning on Friday 14th November, Museum of the Moon activities have been cancelled. However, the Moon and a spectacular line up of performers will return on Saturday, 15th November.
Performances at from 6pm to 8pm. The line-up includes:
Saturday
- Glasshouse Ensemble – Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space
- Elaine Mai
- Algorave – Char Stiles & Jurgen Simpson
Science Week 2025 will run from 9-16th November this year, and is supported by Research Ireland.