Museums at Night

Museums at Night is Culture24's annual after hours celebration when hundreds of museums, galleries, libraries, archives and heritage sites open their doors for special evening events. Friday May 18 - Sunday May 20 2012.

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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.

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Museums at Night 2012: An evening with Alfred Wallis at Kettle's Yard in Cambridge

As night falls outside Kettle's Yard, Culture24's Mark Sheerin enjoys a Museums at Night soiree in the company of the paintings of fisherman Alfred Wallis.

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Museums at Night 2012: Polly Morgan's taxidermy delivers knock out blow in Liverpool

Nick Stockman is transfixed as artist Polly Morgan delivers a knock out blow during her absorbing taxidermy demonstration in Liverpool.

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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.

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Vegan options, dehumidifiers and 55,000 litres of jelly: Museums at Night with Bompas and Parr at ss Great Britain

The most gobstopping event of Culture24's Museums at Night 2012 might come at Brunel's ss Great Britain in Bristol, where jellymongers Bompas and Parr have a wobbly masterplan.

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Glowsticks, Spitfires, Rolf Harris and mustard: Museums at Night 2012 in cities and regions

From Newcastle and Liverpool to Bath and Devon, there are several areas of the country where you can flit between loads of venues for Culture24's Museums at Night this weekend.

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Get a sneak peek at Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant boat Spider T for Museums at Night

The Spider T, an iron hull built in 1926 which will take part in a marathon Jubilee flotilla, will welcome visitors to its Humberside dock for a special Museums at Night evening.

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Bob & Roberta Smith present the University of Misunderstanding at Eastbourne Towner

The artist wants your dodgy artworks and dance moves for a Museums at Nightclub in the south-east's largest gallery which is unlikely ever to be seen again.

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