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Picturing the Cosmos will run until June 2025
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Adam Kamal and Zain Maarouf join young visitors at Louvre Abu Dhabi's latest exhibition Picturing the Cosmos. All photos: Victor Besa / The National
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It will run at the Children's Museum for two years
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The exhibition is full of modern and ancient artwork inspired by the stars and space
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The Celestial Globe (1750) is on loan from a museum in France
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The exhibition spans three floors
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A dish from the Hellenistic Period of Italy around the year 320
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A piece of meteorite at the exhibition
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The exhibition has plenty of sensory and reflective spaces
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Emirati astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri’s Sokol spacesuit is on display
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The exhibition has multimedia and gaming elements
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There is plenty to see and take photographs of
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Picturing the Cosmos will run until June 2025
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Adam Kamal and Zain Maarouf join young visitors at Louvre Abu Dhabi's latest exhibition Picturing the Cosmos. All photos: Victor Besa / The National
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/FZD6J4KEAFHWPF6K2NE2X52RBA.jpg?smart=true&auth=460a914bfe0c0af4426068c48090a08a3ef87bd3d6ab6a3dfef46eedb56bd396&width=400&height=225)
It will run at the Children's Museum for two years
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The exhibition is full of modern and ancient artwork inspired by the stars and space
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/5FDRAA47BNCYFP3AVDEDT4O6RQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=12670ce867eb28e59bca0bb6af8161d4fe7b0a00f79854f2ac5d74e388d60dce&width=400&height=225)
The Celestial Globe (1750) is on loan from a museum in France
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The exhibition spans three floors
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A dish from the Hellenistic Period of Italy around the year 320
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A piece of meteorite at the exhibition
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The exhibition has plenty of sensory and reflective spaces
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Emirati astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri’s Sokol spacesuit is on display
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The exhibition has multimedia and gaming elements
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There is plenty to see and take photographs of
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Picturing the Cosmos will run until June 2025
Louvre Abu Dhabi Children's Museum shoots for the stars with space exhibition
Picturing the Cosmos mixes artworks, games and immersive experiences to teach young visitors about the solar system and beyond
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Saeed Saeed
19 July, 2023
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