From a meeting of minds at the Freud Museum to a mysterious maiden riding a unicorn at Chiltern Open Air Museum, Culture24's Museums at Night 2013 weekend had it all. Take a gentle scroll down our pictorial taster of the weekend's after-hours activities...
The Freud Museum, London
Martin Creed began his night at the Freud Museum by contemplating Sigmund Freud...© Photograph Chris Pensa
He then channeled his subconscious into an evening lecture, with the help of slide projections and a bit of music© Photo Chris Pensa
There were several kaleidoscopic outbreaks of colour in Newcastle...© Science at Life Flickr Stream
One of the most luminescent was to be found at Life Science Centre© Science at Life Flickr stream
In Rochdale they assembled outside the Town Hall for Susan Forsyth's Zusammen Choir as part of Sing Rochdale...© Andy Hirst Photo
No-one was brassed off as local talents got in on the act© Andy Hirst Photo
Jake Chapman represented the Chapmans in Hastings and got stuck into an evening of art with the adults and a day of scribbling with the kids...© Courtesy Jerwood Gallery
Here he is (hiding) with the winners of the best 'exquisite corpse' of the evening© Courtesy Jerwood Gallery
The welcome party awaiting visitors to the Workhouse was enough to strike fear into the hardiest...© National Trust / Ian Stewart
But there were smiles all round as the evening of twilight stories was a sell out success for the popular National Trust property© National Trust / Ian Stewart
There was ingenuity aplenty at Enginuity as Julian Wild enlisted the help of the public to make a sculpture...© Courtesy Enginuity
The incredible result was revealed when the lights went down and the sculpture glowed© Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust
From the cool contemporary galleries of Tate Liverpool...© Ben Miller
To the immersive sound and light installation at the Anglican Cathedral, LightNight lit up the whole city© Ben Miller
Richard Wentworth went to Manchester and created an exhibition out of donated objects...© Photo David Oates
hE enjoyed the experience as much as everyone else© Photograph David Oates
In Bristol visitors felt the power of Gavin Turk's pyramids© Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
There was also much fun to be had in the Egyptian galleries - and the pyramid making workshops© Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
Fun workshops were also the order of the evening ahead of games in the gardens and a sleepover at Kent's Powell Cotton Museum...© With permission of the trustees of the Powell-Cotton Museum
There was storytelling fun as well© With permission of the trustees of the Powell-Cotton Museum
At the Discovery Museum, Newcastle Late Shows visitors were treated to a beautiful light installation of plastic bottles with locally colour-coded messages in them...© Julia Vogl
It was all courtesy of artist Julia Vogl - and a little local help© Julia Vogl
And there was a unicorn spotted in the Chilterns...© Chiltern Open Air Museum
It enchanted the children and adults alike© Chiltern Open Air Museum
How do you follow that...? Just wait until next year© Chiltern Open Air Museum
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