Science ministry announces Moon's Call concert for Aug. 16

The science ministry said the National Gwacheon Science Museum will stage "Moon's Call," an immersive science musical on lunar exploration, at its planetarium on Aug. 16.

The event is part of the museum's 2026 overhaul of its dome-concert program, shifting it from knowledge-focused talk concerts to immersive science-culture performances combining artistic performance and scientific stories.

"This performance goes beyond explaining science and lets audiences experience space directly," Lee Chung-won, director of the National Gwacheon Science Museum, said.

The show will use the museum's 25-meter-diameter planetarium dome, South Korea's largest, for projected space imagery and live performances by musical actors. It follows lunar exploration from the first moon landing in 1969 through NASA's Artemis project and the construction of a future lunar base. Audience participation will include experiments on lunar phases, eclipses and crater formation, with stargazing at the observatory if weather allows.

Moon's Call is the second of three dome-concert programs planned for 2026 on artificial intelligence and lunar exploration. The series opened in May with "AI's Prophecy," a science-magic performance focused on artificial intelligence.

The event is limited to 200 attendees, begins at 7 p.m. after the museum closes and is open to elementary school students and older visitors. Admission costs 10,000 won per person. Online advance bookings open at 10 a.m. on Aug. 6.