Museums at Night

Museums at Night: Culture24's festival of inspiring after hours cultural events at museums, galleries and heritage sites. Thursday May 16 - Saturday May 18 2013.

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Museums at Night Report: The Zusammen Choir Procession in Rochdale

Led by top artist Susan Forsyth, Museums at Night in Rochdale took the form of a noisy and colourful procession through the Lancashire town. Rosie Clarke joined in.

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Museums at Night Report: A twilight tour of the second motte of Lewes Castle

Museums at Night wouldn't be complete without a night-time tour of a medieval castle. Lewes Castle in East Sussex duly obliged, Culture24's Jenni Davdson went along for the ride.

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Museums at Night Report: The Horniman Garden Party with rAndom International

The premiere of a new work by light magicians rAndom International hit the headlines at London's Horniman. There was music, dancing and poetry. Gin also materialised.

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Museums at Night Report: A Victorian Delight at London's 18 Stafford Terrace

Museums at Night created a rare chance to sneak inside a 19th century London house, complete with waiting Victorian residents. Richard Moss went to take a look.

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Museums at Night Report: Gavin Turk, pyramid power and Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

Artist Gavin Turk's occult new sculptures are among the after-hours attractions in the West country. Mark Sheerin explores the power of pyramids.

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Museums at Night Report: David Blandy's Biter: Hip-Hop and Freud at the Whitechapel

In Freud’s study, amid an unblinking collection of classical and Egyptian artefacts, David Blandy delivers lines of broken Hip-Hop verse to the psychoanalyst’s unoccupied seat.

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Martin Creed talks art, music and psychotherapy ahead of Museums at Night at the Freud Museum

Ahead of his Museums at Night appearance at the Freud Museum in London, Martin Creed reveals to Culture24's Mark Sheerin why he is a big fan of Freud.

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Gavin Turk on pharaohs, pyramids and magic carpet rides ahead of Museums at Night 2013

Gavin Turk is heading to Bristol Museum and Art Gallery for Museums at Night. Here he tells Mark Sheerin about the power of the pyramids and other wisdom from the east.

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Jake Chapman talks art, Hastings and the joys of "funny pessimism" ahead of Museums at Night

The Chapman Brothers' Museums at Night event at the Jerwood Gallery in Hastings may have raised a few eyebrows, but as Jake Chapman explains, "no-one's going to get hurt..."

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Museums at Night 2013: Julia Vogl on bottles and social sculpture in Newcastle

Julia Vogl is planning to fill the Discovery Museum's 19th century home with a kaleidoscope of public messages for Museums at Night. The social sculptor tells us more.

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Julian Wild talks Meccano, industrial history and sculpture for Museums at Night 2013

Ahead of his Museums at Night public sculpture project at the Ironbridge Gorge industrial heritage site on May 18, sculptor Julian Wild talks to Mark Sheerin about his ambitious plans.

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