Case Studies
Guest post: Nerys Williams on celebrating toilets at Gladstone Pottery Museum
Today's guest blog post comes from Nerys Williams, Audience Development Officer for Stoke-on-Trent Museums, based at Gladstone Pottery, who tells us why toilets are the unsung heroes of the modern world! Toilets: the unsung heroes of the modern world. Unappreciated,...
Guest post: Morag Calderbank explains why the UK Supreme Court is opening late for Museums at Night
In our latest guest post, Morag Calderbank, one of the Information Officers at the UK Supreme Court, London, tells us why her team are excited about taking part in Museums at Night for the first time. As an information officer at the Supreme Court I am part of a small...
Guest Post: Phillippa Heath on the student panel running a 1951 Vintage Night at MERL
In todays guest post, Phillippa Heath, Public Programmes Manager at the Museum of English Rural Life (MERL), talks about how their Museums at Night event this year has been handed over to the students to run. For Museums at Night the Museum of English Rural Life...
Guest post: Ella Lewis-Collins on a night of drama at the Jerwood Gallery
Our latest guest post comes from Ella Lewis-Collins, and looks at how a change of plans meant the Jerwood Gallery had to rethink their Museums at Night event idea ... and what they'll be offering visitors instead....
Guest post: Kerry Whitehouse from The Infirmary, Worcester on dramatising medicine for Museums at Night
In our latest guest post, graduate trainee Kerry Whitehouse talks about how The Infirmary, Worcester is engaging university students with the dramatic element of Medicine, as they rehearse for their Museums at Night performances. We're a medical museum in the heart of...
Guest post: Science Communication Officer Nicola Frost on creating an interactive family lecture
Ever considered how your organisation could bring science concepts to life for young audiences? Our latest guest post is a case study about doing exactly that, by Nicola Frost, Science Communication Officer at the University of Liverpool's Institute of Infection and...
Guest post: Liha Okunniwa on The Wilson’s outreach to young people
Ever thought about setting up a Young People Group at your museum or gallery to help you diversify your audiences? Today's guest blog post comes from Liha Okunniwa, who did just that at The Wilson, Cheltenham's Art Gallery & Museum. ...
Guest post: Bill Griffiths on creating Newcastle-Gateshead’s Late Shows
Happy New Year! Our latest guest post comes from Bill Griffiths, Head of Programmes at Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums and creator of The Late Shows. The Late Shows was developed as Newcastle Gateshead’s response to the Museums at Night festival. In our first...
Guest post: Confessions of Old Police Cells tour guide Holly Parsons
Our latest guest post features confessions of former Culture24 intern Holly Parsons, a tour guide at one of Brighton's hidden gems: the little-known Old Police Cells Museum underneath Brighton Town Hall. ——————————————————————————————– After returning from University...
Guest post: Holly Hyams and Jade Montserrat create a Museum of the Night at Scarborough Museums Trust
Today's guest post comes from Holly Hyams and Jade Montserrat from Scarborough Museums Trust, who explain how they created a 'museum of the night' experience in two venues - including an art boxing match!...
What a very very nice #MuseumsAtNight evening we had on Friday, thanks to our good friend and fantastic poet Oliver James Lomax, ably accompanied by Florence Rose King #Peterloo2019 pic.twitter.com/dDy456jQ6Z
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