Exhibition: Journey to the centre of the Earth

The authors offer us a steampunk retelling of the novel, with anthropomorphic characters. The animal features of the heroes lighten the seriousness of the scientific expedition and add an original touch to the story imagined by Jules Verne.

In Hamburg in 1863, mineralogy professor Otto Lidenbrock discovers a cryptic 16th-century manuscript written by a certain Saknussemm. With the help of his nephew Axel, the two men manage to decipher the mysterious message, which tells them how to reach...