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Watch the video: Bompas and Parr bring out the jelly for Museums at Night 2012
Watch as your favourite jellymongers send the crowds wild by filling the site of the famous old Brunel's ss Great Britain, in Bristol, with thousands of litres of neon green jelly.
Museums at Night 2012: A night of art, books and music at London Transport Museum
Rosie Clarke steps inside London Transport Museum for Culture24's Museums at Night and finds DJs, artists, authors and something more akin to a performance art nightclub than a museum.
All bands on deck in rare Hovercraft Museum opening for Museums at Night 2012
The Hampshire home of Hovercraft craftsmanship only opens to the public six times a year. This year's Museums at Night festival is one of them, to a backdrop of music and soup.
Rising stars AlunaGeorge to play Ashmolean in Oxford's fantastic four for Museums at Night
Having been tipped by some of the hardest critics to please, pop-r&b duo AlunaGeorge headline a late night gig after a Grand Tour of four brilliant museums for explorers in Oxford.
Baysgarth House Museum brings our ancestors to life for Museums at Night in Lincolnshire
Like the sound of meeting baronets, nurses and craftsmen from 250 years ago played by expert actors in a spectacular Georgian mansion? Don't miss Baysgarth House.
From Exeter to Edinburgh, final four announced on "truly exceptional" Art Fund Prize shortlist
Ylva French takes a look at Art Fund final four The Hepworth Wakefield, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and the Watts Gallery.
The British Library travels from Wastelands to Wonderlands in impressive haul of British literary manuscripts
The exhibition brings together more than 150 works from the library archives to explore the literature that has been inspired by places and spaces around the British isles.
Porthcurno Telegraph Museum mobilises community to capture Olympic Torch Relay
Porthcurno Telegraph Museum is appealing to the local community to get out and photograph the torch relay for an exhibition that combines past with present.
Anne Desmet reveals her Olympic Metamorphoses at PM Gallery and House
Wood-engraved print portraits of the surrounding area and collages of the building phases as the Royal Academy artist responds to the Olympic construction near her home.
Within This Wooden O conjures the time of the Bard at Shakespeare's Globe
The haunting paintings of Rosalind Lyons Hudson are the result of a residency at the Globe Theatre and currently form part of the famous theatre's exhibition and tour programme.
The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China at Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum
Curators say a show of incredible tombs and artefacts from a power struggle in early China, formulated with arts bodies from the east, represents a defining period in history.
The Big Grin: Punch and Judy celebrations begin in sunny Worthing
Within a sausage string of the spot where Samuel Pepys first spotted him, performers are preparing to descend on Covent Garden to mark Mr Punch's 350th birthday. An exhibition in Worthing is one of......
Museums at Night 2012: Your guide to this year's military history events
From WWII bomber bases to medieval archery there's lots to entice military history fans out the house during the Museums at Night weekend of May 18-20 2012.
Museums at Night 2012: Your guide to author readings and literary events
A host of authors will be appearing across the country for Museums at Night 2012 with readings and discussions on everything from the history of postcards to Afghanistan.
Museums at Night 2012: Your guide to this year's museum and gallery sleepover events
The Museums at Night sleepover events are one of the most exciting and magical ways to enjoy this year's festival taking place nationwide during the weekend of May 18-20.
