Cap Sciences can host seminars, conferences, general assemblies, training days, cocktail receptions, gala dinners and team-building days. It offers 600 m² of rooms for hire and a panoramic terrace, with up to 180 guests in conference layout or 200 at a cocktail in its largest space. Cap Sciences is a science center in Hangar 20 on Quai de Bacalan in Bordeaux, on the banks of the Garonne, facing the Port de la Lune.
Seminars and company events
The rooms cover the usual formats of a company day: a plenary room, a creative workshop space, two meeting rooms and a large reception room that opens on the terrace. An event manager advises on layout, schedule, catering and activities before the day, and a stage manager runs the technical side during the event. Digital and audiovisual equipment is in place in every room.
What sets the venue apart is the content. Groups can add a guided visit of an exhibition or of the FabLab, or a team-building workshop designed by the center's teams. Formats include an ice breaker of 30 minutes for 10 to 50 people, an egg-drop prototyping challenge of 2 hours, a 3-hour session on presenting without slides, a Climate Fresk workshop for one or two groups of seven, a banner-making workshop on climate and biodiversity and a time capsule workshop. For an evening, the center offers private visits of its current exhibitions combined with a cocktail.
Rooms and capacities
The Café des Sciences covers 180 m², plus a 100 m² terrace with a view over Bordeaux and the Chaban-Delmas bridge. It takes 180 in conference layout, 200 at a cocktail and 120 seated for a meal. Screens can split it to run a conference and a cocktail side by side for up to 100. A kitchen area is included in the hire.
The Conference Room covers 105 m² and takes 80 in conference layout. It has a laser projector, a large screen, stage lighting, three wireless microphones and ClickShare.
The Living Lab covers 78 m² and takes 30 in workshop or U-shape layout and 40 in conference layout. It can be divided for small-group work.
Two identical meeting rooms of 40 m² each take 20 in U-shape. Each has a 75-inch screen, a videoconference bar and wired network.
The FabLab covers 125 m² and takes 50 at a cocktail, 50 seated and 40 in workshop format, with 3D printers, laser and vinyl cutters and a heat press.
Catering
Cap Sciences works with a list of approved caterers rather than an in-house kitchen. The building is equipped for them, with a goods lift, a large-capacity refrigerator, an oven and a washing area. Coffee breaks for team-building days use pastries from a Bordeaux baker delivered by cargo bike and juices from a local producer.
History and setting
The center occupies Hangar 20, a former port shed on the quays of the Garonne, in the Bacalan district near the Cité du Vin. It designs and hosts science exhibitions. In the 2026-2027 season these include Crotte ! Que fait le microbiote ?, on the gut microbiota, and Anatomik Park, a fairground-style exhibition on the human body produced by Cap Sciences.
Getting there
The address is Hangar 20, Quai de Bacalan, 33300 Bordeaux. Tram B stops at La Cité du Vin, also served by bus lines 7, 32 and 45 and by the Batcub river shuttle. By car, the venue is at the foot of the Chaban-Delmas bridge, five minutes from the northern ring road and from the Aquitaine bridge.
