Museums at Night 2012 – Our top 5 picks for this weekend!
One of our favourite offbeat events of the year, Culture 24’s Museums at Night takes over museums across the country, and opens them up to a night-owl audience – here’s our top 5 in London:
“Art in the Dark”:Outsider Art and Mental Health History by Torchlight @ Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives & Museum | Friday 18th May (Tonight from 5-7 pm)
A short talk on the history of ‘Bedlam’ (one of the world’s oldest psychiatric institutions) makes for a fascinating evening.
Art by Candlelight @ The London Canal Museum | Saturday 19th May
Bar serving wine and beer + gorgeous art lit by candlelight in one of London’s secret museums.
Claire Barclay re-presents the Old Operating Theatre Museum | Saturday 19th May
Sculptor Claire Barclay will be working with the hidden horror gem, the Old Operating Theatre Museum.
Ohso Short @ The Soho Hotel | Sunday 20th May (Sold out but try on the door)
Future Shorts in collaboration with the Museum of Soho will be hosting a screening programme.
The Midnight Apothecary @ The Brunel Museum | Saturday 19th May | Free
Enjoy brandy & lovage, whisky & chocolate mint sprig, cointreau & tequila, mint tea & a pot of basil; and if you’re feeling historical, discuss how, back in 1827, miners in the tunnel below got light headed on sulphide, methane, and monoxide…
I am Joint Editor at To Do List. I like free, cheap & offbeat London, especially: cabaret, art, theatre, pop-ups, eating out, quirky films, museums, day trips, social enterprise & much more.
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