The Museum of the Moon Exhibition, The Collection, Lincoln.

The Museum of the Moon is a touring artwork by UK artist Luke Jerram.  There are different versions throughout the country, the Lincoln one being inside and  measuring 6 metres in diameter.  It is constructed from 120 dpi NASA imagery and represents the moon on a scale of 1: 600,000, each centimetre representing 6km of the moon's surface.  The installation is a fusion of lunar imagery, moonlight (it is lit from the inside) and surround sound music created by BAFTA and Ivor Novello award winning composer Dan Jones.

Like many I have always found the moon inspirational and awe -inspiring and I have photographed it on many occasions, usually using my 500mm 'birding' lens attached to my very solid tripod.  For millenia it has acted as a cultural mirror to society, reflecting the ideas and beliefs of people around the world.  At times it has played the part of a god and as a planet.  It has been used as both timekeeper and calendar and has been used to aid navigation.  It has inspired artists, poets, scientists and writers as well as musicians the world over; my favourite being Pink Floyd's  Dark Side of the Moon.  One of my favourite times to view the moon is low in the sky when the full moon is deep orange.  In October 2015 I was privileged to be able to photograph a 'super moon' at moon rise followed by the 'blood moon'; a total eclipse of the moon at 4.00 in the morning.

As the viewer walks into the exhibition hall he/she is greeted by the spectacle of the moon filling the room - just hanging there.  There was even the strange opportunity to walk around it and observe the 'dark side' which is never revealed to us on Earth.

I found the experience totally moving and one well worth seeing.