Museums at Night (UK)

Museums at Night (UK)

Museums at Night[1] is an annual weekend of late openings, sleepovers and special events taking place in museums, galleries, libraries, archive and heritage sites all over the UK. It is affiliated with the Nuit des Musées programme across Europe[2]. It takes place on the weekend before International Museum Day, May 18th[3], and in 2011 will run across the weekend of Friday 13th - Sunday 15th May 2011.

Museums at Night is funded by the MLA and administered by Culture24.

For Museums at Night weekend 2009, cultural and heritage venues in the UK staged 157 events, attracting over 34,000 visitors[4].

Museums at Night weekend sees combined cultural and heritage programmes offered by multiple organisations in many UK cities, including Stockport[5], Bath[6], Dorchester[7], Norwich[8], Liverpool[9] and NewcastleGateshead[10].

Notes

  1. ^ "Museums at Night homepage". Culture24. http://www.culture24.org.uk/museumsatnight. Retrieved 16 June 2010. 
  2. ^ "Nuit des Musées website". http://nuitdesmusees.culture.fr/index.php?l=GBR. Retrieved 16 June 2010. 
  3. ^ "International Museum Day". international Council of Museums. http://icom.museum/imd.html. Retrieved 16 June 2010. 
  4. ^ "Museums at Night 2009 Evaluation Report". Culture24. 24 July 2009. http://www.culture24.org.uk/sector+info/campaigns/art70421. Retrieved June 18, 2010. 
  5. ^ "Culturefeast: Museums at Night". Visit Stockport website. http://www.visit-stockport.com/stockport_festivals_culturefeast_museums.asp. Retrieved 18 June 2010. [dead link]
  6. ^ "Museums at Night 2010". The Roman Baths, Bath website. http://www.romanbaths.co.uk/whats_on/news/press_releases_2010/museums_at_night.aspx. Retrieved 18 June 2010. 
  7. ^ "Dorchester Museums at Night Success". DorchesterDorset.com blog. 18 May 2010. http://www.dorchesterdorset.com/blog/news/dorchester-museums-at-night-success/. Retrieved 18 June 2010. 
  8. ^ "Museums at Night". Heritage City website. Norwich HEART. http://www.heritagecity.org/projects/museums-at-night.htm. Retrieved 18 June 2010. 
  9. ^ Ian Jackson (16 April 2010). "Liverpool Light Night - Friday 14 May 2010". Art in Liverpool blog. http://www.artinliverpool.com/blog/2010/04/liverpool-light-night-friday-14-may-2010/. Retrieved 18 June 2010. 
  10. ^ "The Late Shows". http://www.thelateshows.org.uk/home.html. Retrieved 18 June 2010. 

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