40th anniversary of Lascaux II: exhibition on the most famous facsimile

Name: 40e anniversaire de Lascaux II : exposition sur le plus célèbre des fac-similés
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Lascaux II

Forty years ago, the famous facsimile of the Lascaux cave opened its doors to the world… Come relive and celebrate with us this fabulous adventure!...

16 et 17 septembre 2023Passé

©Semitour - Ouverture de Lascaux II

Forty years ago, the famous facsimile of the Lascaux cave opened its doors to the world… Come relive and celebrate with us this fabulous adventure!
Come and discover our exhibition retracing the whole history of Lascaux II, from its creation in 1983 to today.
On the agenda for these two days in addition to this exhibition:

Mini-conferences on site.
Outdoor retrospective exhibition.
Enriched visit of the cave.
Warning: animations can be cancelled depending on weather

À propos du lieu

Lascaux II

488 chemin de la Grotte, 24290 Montignac-Lascaux

Dordogne
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Lascaux II is the exact three-dimensional copy of the Lascaux cave, closed to the public since 1963\. Thanks to a technological prowess hitherto unheard of, it was a question of transmitting to the people of today messages dating back 17,000 years and of restoring to humanity a part of the common heritage that had become inaccessible. The two galleries reproduced are the Salle des Taureaux and the Diverticul Axial, which collect 90% of Lascaux’s paintings. The work carried out by the plastic artists in the 70s reproduces the paintings to the nearest centimetre, perfectly renders the volume of the original cavity, the relief of the walls, and even more astonishing, the epidermis of the rock. Lascaux II opened on 18 July 1983.