Museum Night (Belgium and the Netherlands)
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Museum Night (Dutch: Museumnacht; French: Nuit des musées) is an annual event in several cities in Belgium and the Netherlands. Museums collaborate and people are able to buy one ticket to access all the participating museums in a particular city.
One of the most popular events is Museum Night in Amsterdam,[1] but other events are also held in cities, including:
- Almere
- Antwerp
- Breda
- Brussels
- The Hague[2]
- Delft[3]
- Ghent
- Leiden
- Maastricht[4]
- Mons[5]
- Ostend
- Roermond
- Rotterdam[6]
- Utrecht[7][8][9]
The participating Amsterdam museums are yearly opened on the first Saturday of November from 7 p.m. until 2 a.m. the next day. Besides the normal exhibitions in museums, activities are arranged, like artist performances and free guides. In some events, public transport can be freely used for people who bought a ticket.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Home". Museumnacht Amsterdam (in Dutch).
- ^ "Vraag & Antwoord". Museumnacht Den Haag (in Dutch). 3 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Night at the Museum for Kids". nightatthemuseumforkids.nl.
- ^ "Museumnacht Maastricht: 22 October 2021". Museumnacht Maastricht.
- ^ "Mons Museums Night". visitwallonia.com. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "4 maart 2023 35+ instellingen uit Rotterdam". Museumnacht010 (in Dutch). 13 February 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Utrechtse Museumnacht". Centraal Museum Utrecht (in Dutch). 30 July 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "2006: Utrecht 'in de zevende hemel'". Domstad Actueel. 17 May 2006. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Utrechtse Museumnacht trekt volle zalen". nu.nl/overig. 16 October 2007. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Museumnacht". museumnachtamsterdam.nl (in Dutch). N8. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ^ "Museumnacht". iamsterdam.com/ (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Municipality of Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.