Museums at Night 2010: take part!

Museums have loads of night-time fun for you and your family over the Museums at Night weekend, May 14-16, 2010.

Climb the spiral staircase to the Old Operating Theatre in London to see how a surgeon would take off a patient's leg in 18th century England...


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There's lots of Roman stuff going on at the Roman Baths in Bath.

And at the SouthGate Shopping Centre, you can help make a painting. Wonder how big that's going to be?

Photo courtesy Bath and North East Somerset Museums

Museums at Night action around the UK:

Circus fun: The Time and Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life has a Circus Evening for you with circus acts and model-making.

Ahoy me hearties: Join a treasure hunt as part of the Mary Rose Museum's Torchlight Trail.

Behind the scenes at the museum: At Guernsey Museum, you can meet the curators (the people who look after the objects in the museum) and find out more about the collection.

Domesday connection: Take a torch to Denny Abbey, an 11th century stronghold mentioned in the Domesday Book, and meet some of the characters who lived there, including a Countess and Fen man's wife.

Off with his head: The Sheriff of Nottingham (he of Robin Hood fame) awaits you at Nottingham's Galleries of Justice - if you're brave enough.

Your money or your life: At Wirksworth Heritage Centre in Derbyshire, you can become 19th century highway robbers in fancy dress as part of their Stand and Deliver! event.

Victorian amusements: Dress up as a Victorian at Blists Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire.

Why not ask your parent or carer to check out the
full list of Museum at Night family events on Culture24 website?

If you take some photos of your Museums at Night event, you can make a Caboodle collection of them when you get back home.