The fantasy of many museum fans - spending a night rambling around rare collections and exhibits - has turned in the last few years into a possible reality as institutions all over the world started opening late or dedicating evenings to special events and workshops. At times these open nights focus on just one main museum, but things will be pretty different for the Museumnacht 010 festival in Rotterdam.
On 7th March twenty-five local museums and cultural institutions will wecome visitors until midnight for a festive evening of culture hopping. The choice is wide and includes over 65 exhibitions, tours, music performances, meetings with artists and workshops.
The Maritime Museum will offer the last chance to visit the "Sex & The Sea" exhibition, while the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen will take visitors on a special tour of its latest event, "La La La Human Steps".
The latter tackles the human condition via 100 pieces, from classic artworks by old masters to recently acquired video and film installations by new talents, including specially commissioned duets by four choreographers.
Modern art and music lovers will particularly enjoy a performance by Bird in a Glasshouse, winner of the Art Rocks music competition with the track "Multiplied", inspired by Yayoi Kusama's mirror room. Looks like art loving locals and tourists will have plenty of reasons to stay up late in Rotterdam on 7th March.
Museumnacht 010, Various locations across Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 7th March 2015, 8.00 p.m. - 12.00 a.m.
Image credits for this post
1. Museumnacht 010 Poster
2. Visitors looking at Maurizio Cattalan's artwork, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Photo: Fred Ernst.
3. Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Kirsten Star, 1996. 101.6 x 75.4 cm. Cibachrome on perspex.
4. Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Tower of Babel, c. 1560. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
5. Bird in a Glasshouse playing in Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirror Room. Photo: Syo van Vliet.
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