Lunar City Exhibition at M9 Museum Explores Space Colonization

The M9 Museum in Mestre presents 'Lunar City,' an interactive exhibition curated by Alessandra Bonavina that examines the history of space exploration and future colonization projects. Running from December 2019 to May 3, 2020, the show occupies the museum's third floor and features virtual reality experiences, interactive games, and photo-video documentation. It is supported by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), INAF, and MiBACT. Museum director Marco Biscione emphasizes M9's role as a hi-tech educational center rather than a traditional exhibition space. The exhibition includes a planetarium by INAF guided by an astronomer. It draws from Bonavina's docufilm of the same name and contextualizes the 1969 moon landing within current plans for post-Earth colonization.