These lectures were presented at the 2019 CERN Latin-American School of High
Energy Physics. They were centered on the experimental methods used in hadron
colliders to advance our understanding in the field of high energy particle
physics. From accelerators, to particle detector technologies, object
identification and data analyses techniques, the lectures did not attempt to
provide a comprehensive, in-depth technical background, but rather focused on
an overview of experimental techniques that enabled our advances in supporting
and challenging the predictions of the standard model. This document includes a
selection of the material presented in the lectures, focusing on how advances
in detector technologies and object identification enabled the development of
increasingly sophisticated data analysis techniques. This writeup also includes
an outlook to the future LHC program and beyond.Comment: 38 pages, 31 figures, Lecture notes for the 10th CERN Latin-American
School of High-Energy Physics (CLASHEP2019), 13 to 26 March 2019 in Villa
General Belgrano, Cordoba Province, Argentin