Long Night of Museums

Artistic performance "Light and gravitation" at National Museum in Warsaw (Night of Museums, 2007)
Night visitors queuing at the Warsaw Uprising Museum (2013)
The Long Night of Museums in The National Museum in Szczecin (2009)
The entrance to Night of Museums in The Međimurje County Museum in Čakovec, Croatia (2011)

The Long Night of Museums (or the Night of Museums) is a cultural event in which museums and cultural institutions in an area cooperate to remain open late into the night to introduce themselves to new potential patrons. Visitors are given a common entrance pass which grants them access to all exhibits as well as complimentary public transportation within the area.

The first Long Night of Museums (German: Lange Nacht der Museen) took place in Berlin in 1997.[1] The concept has been very well received, and since then the number of participating institutions and exhibitions has risen dramatically, spreading to over 120 other cities throughout Europe, as well as elsewhere, in Argentina and the Philippines.

Variants

Europe

Others

History

The current all-night festivals trace their roots to several cities.

The first Long Night of Museums took place in the newly re-united Berlin in 1997 with a dozen participating institutions and exhibitions; since then the number has risen to 125 with over 150,000 people taking part in the January 2005 night.

It drew on a European heritage of all-night cultural events, such as the annual White Nights Festival, a long-standing cultural festival in St Petersburg.

The Mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoë took this idea in 2002 and spread it to culture more broadly, including performing arts, and under the banner of Nuit Blanche (White Nights, and various related names) the concept has spread around the world.

References

  1. 1 2 "Lange Nacht der Museen in Berlin". Lange-nacht-der-museen.de. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
  2. "Lange Nacht for Cologne museums". Museumsnacht-koeln.de. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
  3. Nacht der Museen in Frankfurt am Main Archived April 28, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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  5. "Nacht der Museen in Düsseldorf". Nacht-der-museen.de. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
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  7. "Lange Nacht der Museen in Hamburg". Langenachtdermuseen-hamburg.de. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
  8. "Museum night in Kassel". Museumsnacht.de. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
  9. "Lange Nacht der Museen in Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen". Langenacht.meier-online.de. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
  10. "La Nuit des Musées in France". Nuitdesmusees.culture.fr. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
  11. "Museum night in Amsterdam". N8.nl. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
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  13. Lange Nacht in all of Austria with ORF
  14. "Lange Nacht der Museen in Zürich". Langenacht.ch. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
  15. La Nuit des musées de Lausanne, www.lanuitdesmusees.ch (page visited on 29 April 2013).
  16. Múzeumok Éjszakája in Budapest Archived May 29, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  17. "Нощ на музеите и галериите". Gallery-night.info. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
  18. "Museums at Night in the UK". Culture24.org.uk. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
  19. "Museums night in Croatia". Javno.com. 2008-01-26. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
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  22. ru:Ночь музеев
  23. ro:Noaptea Muzeelor
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  25. "La Noche de los Museos de Buenos Aires". Lanochedelosmuseos.gob.ar. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
  26. "Gabii sa Kabilin". Rafi.org.ph. Retrieved 2013-08-22.

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