Case Studies
Case study: Pontypridd Museum’s first time
Our latest case study comes from Morwenna Lewis, Curator of Amgueddfa Pontypridd Museum, who explains how her team offered multiple activities to delight visitors at their first ever Museums at Night event. Museums at Night - a rookie’s reflection Like many Museums...
Case Study: Planning Stories of Hope and Despair at the Workhouse, Southwell
Photo: A volunteer getting into character for Southwell Workhouse's Sinister Stories Our latest case study comes from Jane Tappin, Learning Officer at Southwell Workhouse, who explains how her team took advantage of the different atmosphere during Museums at Night in...
Case study: Selling out Severndroog Castle’s first late opening
Martin Skworc explains how Severndroog Castle took part in the Museums at Night festival for the first time this May, sold out their tickets and delighted a new audience. Planning We began to talk about the May event in late January, thinking about our aims and the...
Case study: Amy Pargeter on Vestry House Museum’s spooky event for families
As we begin looking ahead to Museums at Night October and the spooky event planning opportunities it offers, our latest guest post describes how Vestry House Museum planned their first Halloween Late as part of Museums at Night October 2015, and what Amy...
Case study: Cub pack makes camp at the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum
Our latest case study comes from Vicki Wood, who explains how the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum arranged a successful Cub Scout sleepover where participants worked towards their Disability Awareness badge. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————–...
Case study: How the Thackray Medical Museum transformed their building for an immersive Zombie Fright Night
Our latest case study comes from Catherine Robins, who explains how the Thackray Medical Museum take advantage of their atmospheric Victorian location into a quarantine zone for zombie fright nights! —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————– 141...
Case study: How the Museum of Witchcraft brought their community together through a Samhain celebration
Happy New Year! We're looking forward to working together with you to create more exciting Museums at Night festivals in 2016. Our latest case study comes from Judith Hewitt, the co-manager of the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Boscastle, Cornwall....
Case study: How a family-friendly ghost tour can draw new visitors to your venue
This case study dates from 2011, when Jo Willis was the Learning and Public Programmes Officer at Kew Bridge Steam Museum (now the London Museum of Water and Steam). We're republishing it here because the advice is still helpful!...
Case study: Young people plan an event for the Museum of Oxford
Our latest case study comes from Olivia Kippax Jones, a member of the Museum of Oxford's young people's panel who planned their October Museums at Night event, "Damifino"....
Case study: Pallant House Gallery’s dance collaboration
Our latest event case study comes from Sandra Peaty, Head of Learning and Community at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, who explains how her team collaborated with a dance company to develop a uniquely creative Museums at Night event idea. Our event For...
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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