Museums at Night

Interdisciplinary collective REPEATOR will be in residence exploring the alternative cultural history of Birmingham: historic activist practices, trade union resources and community actions.

A chilling character-led tour around our historic building

Doncaster 1914-18, Mexborough and District Heritage Society and Mexborough’s Cosy Cinema present: Passchendaele...

As part of Museums at Night, we’re opening up the collections and galleries of Scarborough Art Gallery and The Rotunda Museum to be explored during the dark hours.

As part of the 'Museums at Night' national campaign, Wardown House, Museum and Gallery is staying open till 9pm.

Not since Tudor times have people slept the night in the Long Gallery at Layer Marney Tower. But, now we are offering you the opportunity to do so.

Join expert, Paul Money, as he reveals the secrets of the night sky in the spectacular surroundings of Creswell Crags limestone gorge...

Enjoy our spooktacular time exploring Rockbourne Roman Villa at night and hearing tales of bygone days...

Join us as we open for Museums at Night on Thursday 26 October.

Discover unseen treasures of the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum with an after hours curator tour - and play our film related board games!

Explore St Fagans National Museum of History from a completely different angle.

As part of our Museums at Night season we will be screening In the Heart of the Sea at our Maritime Museum

Torquay Museum is the unique setting for an Escape Room Murder Mystery where you and your friends explore its galleries, crack the codes and solve the mystery of the body in the museum.

Join us for a unique opportunity to visit Firstsite after hours for the national Museums at Night celebration...

Have fiendish fun at the Spooky Science Party with slime making, torchlight trails and creepy crafts.

Join the Cecil Green Arts Lantern Parade and light up Lister Park and the Moghul Garden with fire jugglers and wonderful musicians along the way.

Explore, investigate and discover facts and fun

Walk by lamplight to hear a series of folklore and historical tales of mysterious places, magnificent creatures, spooky happenings and magical adventures!

Join Bradford and Keighley Astronomical Societies for an afternoon and evening of enlightenment in all things astronomical!

As part of Museums at Night, world-renowned illustrator Stanley Chow will be exhibiting a showcase of his works covering United greats, exclusively at the Manchester United Museum, for one night only

We are opening our doors after dark to allow visitors to explore the hall lit up with candlelight...

Coastal Heritage risk – Imagery in Support of Heritage Management In South-West England (CHeRISH) - Prof Robin McInnes

A talk by Chris Armstrong based on his book on the lives of eight influential Norwich 19th century men of business.

Join YSP Director of Programme Clare Lilley for an exclusive in-depth twilight tour of Alfredo Jaar's major solo exhibition.

Get your Halloween *fix* early in our grusome guided tour! See this fascinating museum without the crowds and enjoy a candle-lit guided tour, drink in hand...

You can experience Dickens’s beautiful townhouse after hours with decorations, magicians and fortune tellers galore...

William Morris is known for his association with the Pre-Raphaelite painters. His work in the Cotswolds, through ‘Morris & Co’ can be seen in many church windows.

Tour of the building

Surrounded by weird and fantastical organisms and robotic devices, Robbie Thomson’s live lab experiments are transformed into reactive projections.

Professor Sir Simon Wessely charts the evolution of military psychiatry, reviewing psychological disorders suffered by servicemen and women from 1900 to the present.

Guided tour of the Martin Puryear exhibition led by artist Veronica Ryan who will discuss Puryear's extraordinary abstract sculptures and works on paper.

Cast light on a dark history! See Bram Stoker's inspiration in a new light as Whitby Abbey is bathed in dramatic illuminations.

Explore the dungeons, discover the intriguing story of the licking stones and hear about the walled up skeletons which were discovered by workmen in the Captain's Tower.

Join us on an eerie evening after-hours, meet our spine-tingling storytellers and discover tales of ghostly apparitions, dastardly deeds, and ghoulish goings-on.

Prepare for a spooktacular evening of street performers, fire-jugglers, magicians and treats!

Come along and create a fantastic Mechanical Bubble Machine with artist Martin Smith!

Free family drop-in workshop: expect creepy-crawlies galore and even creepier food to get you in the mood for Hallowe’en.

Exhibition exploring the experience of being a military dependant.

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