Céline Nadal, founder of MuseoScience

Founder of MuseoScience

Céline Nadal — Exhibition creator

ENS graduate, PhD in theoretical physics, heritage curator — and exhibition creator. A distinctive background in the service of ambitious cultural projects.

My background

My path has been shaped by a curiosity I have never wanted to rein in. After the École Normale Supérieure (ENS), a PhD in theoretical physics and a postdoc at Oxford, I could have continued in research. But what truly drove me was something else: sharing knowledge, making things visible, making the complex tangible. And so, in 2013, I changed course — and chose museums.

Trained at the Institut National du Patrimoine (INP), France's national school for heritage curators, I worked for several years as a heritage curator in Troyes, in charge of the Muséum (natural history museum) and the Musée de la bonneterie (hosiery museum), within the Troyes Museums. That is where I learnt to lead a project in all its dimensions — content, space, audiences, teams, budget — and discovered the pleasure of creating exhibitions from start to finish, from initial idea to opening.

In 2018, I founded MuseoScience to develop this practice with full independence. My scientific background feeds concretely into every project. It taught me rigour and attention to detail. It also allows me to engage directly with researchers, to get to grips with complex subjects in depth and find ways to make them accessible — and to bring them to life in space.

It is from this encounter between science and artistic sensibility that my way of working was born: letting curiosity guide every project, and putting creativity at the service of experiences that resonate with the senses, the mind and the emotions.

12+
years of experience
20+
projects completed
2
travelling exhibitions available for hire
A→Z
from concept to delivery

My approach

Science, curiosity & creativity

Learning and accessibility are at the heart of everything I do: diving into a complex subject to extract what is essential, without ever sacrificing depth. Art, science, poetry, emotion — I seek to create original, evocative forms that offer a distinctive experience. With constant attention to detail and quality, at every stage. I listen carefully to what my clients need, I coordinate, anticipate and adapt — so that every project unfolds with complete peace of mind, from concept to delivery.

Working together

Every project brings together a bespoke team. Depending on what is needed — exhibition design, illustration, graphic design, fabrication, multimedia — I work with carefully chosen partners for their expertise and sensibility. I coordinate everything: single point of contact for the client, ensuring creative coherence and delivery on schedule and within budget. When a team is already in place, I join it with the same standards and the same commitment to dialogue — convinced that the best projects are born from genuine collaboration.

In brief

2018 →

Founder and director of MuseoScience

Museum consultancy · Exhibition creation · International touring

2014 – 2017

Heritage curator — Troyes Museums

In charge of the Muséum (natural history museum) and the Musée de la bonneterie (hosiery museum)

2013 – 2014

Institut National du Patrimoine (INP), France's national school for heritage curators

Diploma as heritage curator in the French civil service — with highest honours

2011 – 2012

Postdoctoral research, University of Oxford

All Souls College, Oxford

2008 – 2011

PhD in theoretical physics

Université Paris-Sud (Orsay) — Journal of Physics A Best Paper Prize 2013

2005 – 2009

École Normale Supérieure (ENS), Paris

Salaried student civil servant

Publications: a selection

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