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Headline: Giant 7 Metre Moon Sculpture On Display At Durham Cathedral

Caption: A seven-metre wide scale sculpture of the moon will be on display inside Durham Cathedral and other UK venues this autumn (2021). The 'Museum of the Moon' artwork was created by artist Luke Jerram and features detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface at a scale of 1:500,000. Each centimetre of the sculpture represents 5 kilometres of the moon’s surface. Andrew Usher, Visitor Experience and Enterprise Director at Durham Cathedral, says, “We’re delighted to be bringing this celestial artwork to the North East in 2021. Museum of the Moon will present a new way for our visitors to experience the historic cathedral. And in turn the nave will add a fresh layer of interpretation to the installation as visitors engage with the moon. The installation has such a visual impact so we really hope the artwork, and the related programme of events, will introduce lots of people to the cathedral for the first time, as well as encouraging lots of visitors to return and see the cathedral in a new light.” Museum of the Moon marks the second phase of Durham Cathedral’s new visual arts programme. This image shows the artwork on display in Durham - where it will be on show until 11 November after opening to the public on 13 September - but versions of the sculpture will also be on display at other venues including Wells Cathedral, Chichester Cathedral, and Bath Abbey. Visitors to the attraction can also experience a musical soundtrack composed by BAFTA and Ivor Novello, and composer Dan Jones. Depending on where the artwork is presented, its meaning and interpretation will shift, incorporating local research which will be collected and compared to other representations.

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