Museums at Night

Join us and learn a little more about the fantastic world of moths

We're keeping the doors of the Painted Hall open for a special after-hours tour...

In this event Elisabeth Gifford will speak about her new book The Good Doctor of Warsaw

A Real and Speculative After-Hours Tour of Sir John Soane’s Museum.

In partnership with the Jane Austen Festival, we open our museum for evening tours.

The RAF Museum London and Cosford will be offering visitors the rare chance to get a closer look inside 100 cockpits and vehicles

Smile Please is a significant new body of ‘painted drawings’ by artist Simon English, accompanied byworks on paper and rarely seen sculptural assemblages.

Join us to congratulate the winner of the FUAM Graduate Art Prize 2018.

Returning for its 11th edition, Visions is the Nunnery Gallery’s biennial showcase of recent moving image and performance.

The popular series of stand-up comedy nights continues at The Lightbox on the last Thursday of every month.

A fun quiz at the museum

Mars has enthralled mankind for centuries. Join Andrew Lound as he tries to separate the fact from fiction in this dramatic lecture.

Join us for an evening of music magic! Delve behind the scenes to discover the secrets of live performances, discover how to get ahead in music production, and see a cult film.

On the evening of September 28th, The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery will be hosting ‘Science at Night’, a science-packed extravaganza of hands-on activities and events.

Richard Parkinson discusses the need for heritage institutions to display and uphold equal human rights, and the personal impact that even ancient LGBTQ+ histories can have on all of us.

Celebrate the Royal College of Physicians’ 500th anniversary, explore the museum’s remarkable collections of artworks, artefacts, anatomical specimens and medical instruments.

A Light Night 2018 event. Come and see the University of Leeds Brotherton Library in whole new light.

A Light Night 2018 Event. The Remote Viewer presents two contrasting views of a Leeds which no longer exist. The video installation uses images from Godfrey Bingley’s archive in Special Collections.

A rare chance to visit the museum at night.

Come along to Enginuity for our first ever silent disco!

Free entry, 4 day event for Art Lovers. Wimbledon Art Fair spans 2 buildings, 8 floors and 150 studios all hosted at the not-for-profit Wimbledon Art Studios.

Join Modern Art Oxford and Arts at the Old Fire Station to celebrate the opening of an exhibition by the Shadowlight Artists, a group of artists with learning disabilities based in Oxfordshire.

Why were German and Austrian Jewish refugees interned? Why were so many deported out of the country?

Part of the European Days of Jewish Culture 2018

Climb the galleries of the Oriental Museum with award winning poet Helen Mort.

The Shuttleworth Collection is really pleased to be bringing back the photography night shoot in 2018.

Find out about the role of REME in the British Army and the work undertaken at MoD Lyneham.

Part of The Wiener Library’s Shattered: Pogrom, November 1938 exhibition series. This event is being held in conjunction with the Bloomsbury Festival.

Join us again this Halloween as ‘Don’t go into the Cellar’ theatre group return to present classic spine-tinglers from the Golden Age of Horror.

A night at the museum, but not as you know it. For one strange night, Newry and Mourne Museum at Bagenal’s Castle will morph into a sideshow circus. Weird. Wonderful. With a bar.

Go behind the scenes of Surrey History Centre at this unique event where we will be showcasing 70 items from our collection specially chosen to celebrate our 70th anniversary.

2018 marks the 80th Birthday of Beano and this exhibition explores the birth of the comic right here in Dundee.

This event will feature a panel with three outstanding experts of Holocaust history, Professor Tim Cole, Professor Dan Stone and Dr Gabor Kadar.

Hear ghostly tales, learn about witches bottles and make your own potion! Make your own mask and come and meet our special guest owl in the museum garden.

Grab a drink in our Tudor gatehouse and enjoy the legendary action epic, Gladiator.

"Rip-roaring fun for the entire family"

Museum open until 8pm

This masterclass is part of the Museum of Brands’ professional development programme: a series of talks, workshops and masterclasses in 2018.

Visit Freemasons’ Hall after hours and explore the theme of identity