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== Public exhibits ==
[[File:CERN Globe of Science and Innovation.jpg|thumb|right|[[The Globe of Science and Innovation]] at CERN]]

The CERN Science Gateway, opened in October 2023,<ref>{{cite web |title=CERN inaugurates Science Gateway, its new outreach centre for science education |url=https://home.cern/news/press-release/cern/cern-inaugurates-science-gateway-its-new-outreach-centre-science-education |website=CERN |access-date=19 March 2024 |language=en |date=22 February 2024}}</ref> is CERN's latest facility for science outreach and education. It is home to a range of immersive exhibits, workshops, and shows.

[[The Globe of Science and Innovation]], which opened in late 2005, is open to the public. It is used four times a week for special exhibits.

The [[Microcosm (CERN)|Microcosm museum]] previously hosted another on-site exhibition on [[particle physics]] and CERN history. It closed permanently on 18 September 2022, in preparation for the installation of the exhibitions in Science Gateway.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Microcosm to close permanently on 18 September |url=https://home.cern/news/announcement/cern/microcosm-close-permanently-18-september |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=CERN |language=en}}</ref>

CERN also provides daily tours to certain facilities such as the Synchro-cyclotron (CERNs first particle accelerator) and the superconducting magnet workshop.

In 2004, a two-metre statue of the [[Nataraja]], the dancing form of the Hindu god [[Shiva]], was unveiled at CERN. The statue, symbolizing Shiva's cosmic dance of creation and destruction, was presented by the [[Government of India|Indian government]] to celebrate the research center's long association with India.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cerncourier.com/cws/article/cern/29122/3 |title=Faces and Places (page 3) |website=CERN Courier |access-date=2017-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180606115929/http://cerncourier.com/cws/article/cern/29122/3 |archive-date=6 June 2018 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> A special plaque next to the statue explains the metaphor of Shiva's cosmic dance with quotations from physicist [[Fritjof Capra]]:

<blockquote>Hundreds of years ago, Indian artists created visual images of dancing Shivas in a beautiful series of bronzes. In our time, physicists have used the most advanced technology to portray the patterns of the cosmic dance. The metaphor of the cosmic dance thus unifies ancient mythology, religious art and modern physics.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fritjofcapra.net/shivas-cosmic-dance-at-cern/ |title=Shiva's Cosmic Dance at CERN {{!}} Fritjof Capra |website=fritjofcapra.net |access-date=2017-01-30}}</ref></blockquote>