Since 2007, in Moscow in mid-May, the action "Night at the Museum" is taking place. The purpose of the action is to draw attention to museum collections, increase interest in visiting museums in the youth environment, make the trip to the museum an entertaining form of leisure.

The history of the action

The idea to hold in the museum at least one night a year arose in Berlin and for the first time was implemented there in 1997 . The initiative was picked up by other European capitals . The Ministry of Culture and Communications of France proposed to timed the action to the International Museum Day, which is celebrated on May 18, and initially the action was called "Spring at the Museum" . In 2001 39 countries Europe and Europe took part in the action, gradually after it was fixed the name "Night at the Museum" . In Russia, the first opened its doors at an inopportune time the museum center in Krasnoyarsk . And the capital joined in 2007 . Trial "Night in museum "in Moscow was modest, the action was attended by just a few museums, extending the opening hours to 21 . 00 . In 2009, a total of 2300 museums in Europe participated in the action .

" Night at the Museum " 2009

Night at the Museum 2011

In 2011, 5 years after the appearance of the new tradition, about 200 private and state Moscow museums and galleries that opened their doors to visitors from 18 . 00 to 24 . 00, and some even for the whole night . To the state museums, the entrance to the action, as in past years, was free . Many museums have prepared a special program for "Night"; in the art centers were organized special orders, installations, festivals; at the Kropotkinskaya metro station there was a concert . There were buses on the special routes around the city to help everyone who wanted to visit as many exhibition sites as possible during the night .

Night at the Museum 2012

In 2012 the action will unite more 170 museums and galleries of the capital: Tretyakov Gallery, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Historical Museum, ARTPLAY Design Center, VINZAVOD Center for Contemporary Art and many others.

The largest federal museums, private exhibition spaces and sites in ompetentsii Department of Culture of Moscow, will be the first time to work in the same time - up to midnight

Prospects Of course, such action needs the city.. And the confirmation of this is the huge queues that line up annually to the museums-participants of the action. It seems that "Night at the Museum" will become another bright event in the cultural life of the capital.

Contact

Detailed information by phone: +7 495 988 26 76. Organizer: Department of Culture of Moscow