Long Night of Museums
The Long Night of Museums (German: Lange Nacht der Museen), or the Night of Museums, and, since 2005, the European Night of Museums,[1] is a cultural event in which museums and cultural institutions 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 Lange Nacht der Museen took place in Berlin in 1997.[2] The concept was very well received. In 2005 the Council of Europe, UNESCO and the International Council of Museums joined to promote this event with the goal of improving access to culture.
Museum Night takes place on the third Saturday of May. Most recently in 2021, some 1200 museums in 120 cities throughout Europe, as well as other nations including Argentina and the Philippines, welcomed nearly 2 million visitors to their collections.
Participants
Europe
- Lange Nacht der Museen in Berlin[2] and other cities of Germany including Cologne,[3] Frankfurt,[4] Stuttgart,[5] Düsseldorf,[6] Munich,[7] Hamburg,[8] Kassel[9] and Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen[10]
- Nuit Blanche in Paris, and La Nuit des Musées in France[11]
- Museumnacht event[12] in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Coordinated long nights in Austria,[13] Italy and Liechtenstein, organized by ORF[14]
- In Switzerland long nights have taken place in Basel, Bern, Lucerne, St. Gallen and Zürich.[15] Some Nuits des musées are also organized in Lausanne,[16] Fribourg and Geneva.
- Noc Muzeów in Poland, where the first edition took place in 2003 in Poznań in the Poznań National Museum; now over 150 cities and towns take a part in this event.
- Múzeumok Éjszakája in Hungary[17]
- "Night of museums and galleries"[18] in Bulgaria, "The Night" has become a successful cultural product - emblematic for Sofia and Plovdiv - that attracts tens of thousands of visitors.
- Museums at Night in the UK,[19] including museums in Great Yarmouth
- La nit dels museus in Barcelona, Spain
- Museum Night Fever in Brussels, Belgium
- Noć muzeja in Croatia, since 2005, where admission fees to all venues are waived for the night.[20][21]
- Pražská muzejní noc in Prague, Czech Republic[22]
- ღამე მუზეუმში in Georgia, since 2015
- Muziejų naktis in Lithuania, since 2005
- Ночь музеев in Russia,[23]
- Noaptea muzeelor in Romania,[24]
- Ноћ музеја / Noć muzeja in Serbia, since 2005[25]
- Muzeju nakts in Latvia, since 2005
- Թանգարանային գիշեր in Armenia, since 2005[26]
- Museoiden yö in Tampere, Finland, since 2008[27]
- Muuseumiöö in Estonia, since 2009
- Noc múzeí a galérií in Slovakia
- Ніч музеїв in Ukraine, since 2009[28]
- Ноћ музеја / Noć muzeja in Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, since 2006
Latin
- La Noche de los Museos in Buenos Aires,[29] Argentina, where first edition took place in 2004. Since then, the number of museums and "barrios" (neighbourhoods) participating in the event has risen considerably. The 2013 edition featured 189 museums and cultural institutions that received more than 800,000 visitors.
Asia
- Gabii sa Kabilin or Night of Heritage in Cebu, Philippines, started in 2007, first in the Asia-Pacific Region[30]
- Nuit Blanche (白晝之夜) in Zhongzhen Dist, Taipei, Taiwan, started in 2016. The first Nuit Blanche Taipei was held in 2016 which was invited by Bureau Français de Taipei. To highlight Taipei’s art capacity internationally, this event links Taipei and international cities, increasing international cultural capital exchange and raising the city’s international profile through varied cultural performances. The 7th Nuit Blanche is in Shihlin Dist, Taipei held on 2 October to 3 October 2022.
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
- "European Night of Museums 2020: 16th edition - PARISCityVISION". www.pariscityvision.com. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- "Lange Nacht der Museen in Berlin". Lange-nacht-der-museen.de. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
- "Lange Nacht for Cologne museums". Museumsnacht-koeln.de. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
- Nacht der Museen in Frankfurt am Main Archived April 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- "Lange Nacht der Museen in Stuttgart". Lange-nacht.de. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
- "Nacht der Museen in Düsseldorf". Nacht-der-museen.de. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
- "Lange Nacht der Museen in Munich". Muenchner.de. 2009-11-06. Archived from the original on 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
- "Lange Nacht der Museen in Hamburg". Langenachtdermuseen-hamburg.de. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
- "Museum night in Kassel". Museumsnacht.de. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
- "Lange Nacht der Museen in Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen". Langenacht.meier-online.de. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
- "La Nuit des Musées in France". Nuitdesmusees.culture.fr. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
- "Museum night in Amsterdam". N8.nl. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
- Lange Nacht der Museen in Austria Archived September 4, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
- Lange Nacht in all of Austria with ORF
- "Lange Nacht der Museen in Zürich". Langenacht.ch. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
- La Nuit des musées de Lausanne, www.lanuitdesmusees.ch (page visited on 29 April 2013).
- Múzeumok Éjszakája in Budapest Archived May 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- "Нощ на музеите и галериите". Gallery-night.info. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
- "Museums at Night in the UK". Culture24.org.uk. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
- "Museums night in Croatia". Javno.com. 2008-01-26. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
- "Croatian Museum Association". Hrmud.hr. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
- "Pražská muzejní noc". Praha.muzejninoc.cz. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
- ru:Ночь музеев
- ro:Noaptea Muzeelor
- "Одржана јубиларна десета Ноћ музеја : Култура : ПОЛИТИКА". Politika.rs. 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
- "Museum night" that's being held in Armenia already for 11 years has become a family holiday
- "The Night of the Museums, 20th May 2017". Museoiden yö. 2017. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
- День музеїв і Ніч музеїв - 2016. ПРОГРАМА (оновлюється)
- "La Noche de los Museos de Buenos Aires". Lanochedelosmuseos.gob.ar. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
- "Gabii sa Kabilin". Rafi.org.ph. Archived from the original on 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
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