About
Hunting the Higgs
Fun and interactive show for all
This unique, entertaining, interactive and comical event invites the audience (young and old alike) to follow all the steps of the scientific method in an attempt to discover the famous Higgs boson for themselves.
This bilingual French-English show, created by Sam Gregson (physicist and science communicator), will be presented in tandem with Laura de Vevey (head of science shows at CERN).
Practical information
Time: doors opening at 19.30, event starts at 20.00.
Location: CERN Science Gateway, Auditorium Sergio Marchionne
Language: co-presented in English and French
Interactivity: to join in the games during the show, make sure your smart device is within reach
Age recommendation: as of 8 y.o.
Registration: free of charge, recommended. Registration opening on 30 March 2026.
Refreshments
The talk
Credits and licence
- Institution
- CERN
- Year
- 2026
- Language
- English
- Source
- CERN
- Licence
- CERN, as CERN states it. CERN's terms
- Attribution
- © CERN. CERN provides its audiovisual media free of charge for educational and informational use, credited to CERN; this lecture is shown in CERN's own player.
- Who can watch
- CERN gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Teens profiles and older, judged from what the source says about it. How courses are placed