You’ve looked at Luke Jerram’s inflatable moon as it pops up around the place, and next year, you will be able to touch a metal moon as well.
Arriving at the Royal Observatory Greenwich in March, this new installation, measuring two metres in diameter, uses accurate topographic data from NASA to map the textures of the Moon onto the mirrored steel surface.
The tactile medium allows visitors to run their fingers across the craters, valleys, mountains and smooth lava fields that we can see from Earth and the heavily cratered surface of the unseen ‘far side’ of the Moon.
Mirror Moon will be displayed in the Meridian Courtyard, alongside the Prime Meridian.
It will be included in the standard entry price to the Greenwich Observatory
Adult: £24
Children (4-15): £12
Children under 5: Free
Student: £18
Blue Light Card holder: £2
Universal Credit: £2
