Museums at Night

Hail thee, history enthusiasts! Join us at the home of the Knights Hospitaller for a quiz to test your medieval knowledge...

Join us for an exciting screen printing workshop with local artist Nicole Line inspired by the suffrage movement 100 years ago...

Join us for a guided tour of the Martin Puryear exhibition at Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art.

Join us for an exclusive after hours tour of Abington Park Museum, especially for children!

Once again we are giving over a museum building to the community to run for a night!

Don't go Into the Cellar perform classic spine-tinglers from the Golden Age of Horror, giving them a new lease of blood in this original stage chiller...

Explore William Morris's Icelandic obsession with poet Lavinia Greenlaw and singer Ösp Eldjárn.

A spooky, immersive Hallowe'en adventure for all the family. Join us to find out what happens when monsters escape from their books!

For one night only, you can stay at Franklin's Hotel. NN will be hosting a slumber party as part of Museums At Night.

A dance and film projection tour of Stevenage Museum.

An evening of short films made by current students from the University of Oxford’s Ruskin School of Art.

Discover the hidden history behind the shady practice of providing cadavers to anatomists during the Middle Ages up to the birth of the Industrial Revolution.

A free performance by Don’t Go in to the Cellar Theatre Company. Taking place during October half term and 'Museums At Night', this show is sure to get you in the mood for Halloween.

Explore the delights and wonders that Venice has to offer at this evening celebrating Venetian culture...

You thought you were a loan. But soon, you'll be read and buried...

This October, join us for an evening to explore the unusual and extraordinary records in our collection!

Explore the museum by torchlight and find the clues written in invisible ink. Solve the invisible clues to complete the mission.

A great family evening of historical fun and entertainment in the SDRT museum at Buckfastleigh, with a train ride to Staverton for refreshments and more fun.

Late opening for Phoenix Brighton's Pop-Up Maker Store

A rare opportunity to visit the house after hours, lit by candle and haunted by ghostly figures of the past.

Be inspired this Halloween by dark, stormy landscapes, and bring a painting to life by creating your own short animated film at our digital drawing workshop.

Grade II-listed Carshalton Water Tower welcomes you to a screening of archive documentary film clips about transport.

Join us for a candlelit tour of Oxburgh Hall after dark.

Create your own masterpiece in the shadows of the stunning medieval townhouse, Barley Hall.

A Harry Potter themed children's event, including a screening of Harry Potter and the Philopsher's Stone, celebrating 20 years since the books publication...

Experience the Museum after hours as part of the nationwide festival Museums at Night.

As darkness gathers over the American Museum, join us for a very special late opening in celebration of Halloween.

Death, romance and the supernatural are key aspects of Gothic fiction and were popular themes for Keats and the Romantic poets...

On the evenings of Friday 27 and Saturday 28 October, the Museum will be open in the evening for pre-booked visitors to experience Museum at Night guided walks.

If you go down to the woods tonight, you’re sure of a big surprise! Come and explore Little Wittenham Wood at twilight...

Chiltern Open Air Museum’s ‘Halloween Spectacular’ is back on Friday 27th October! Be there if you dare!

Experience the magical glow of the angel lights with this special late night opening.

A heady evening of vintage cocktails, swing dancing, live music and performance. Don your gladrags and prepare for the blackout as we blast our way back to the 1940s for this Museums at Night!

Join exhibition curator Antonia Harrison, writer Robert Macfarlane and artist Jackie Morris as they reveal the ideas and inspirations behind The Lost Words...

Spooky Halloween Party celebrating Museums at Night

At once uplifting and otherworldly, the music of Ulrich Schnauss combines multi-layered synthesizers with beats and ethereal vocals, serving as an aural escape route from the trappings of reality...

In celebration of Halloween you will get a spooky tour of the Victorian Police Cells at the Museum followed by a two course meal and screening of the Woman in Black...

Power generation by internal combustion engines

How did human skeletal remains of up to 10 individuals come to be buried under the basement floor of Franklin's London residence?