Following our recent
museum obsession, we take your across the country to some of the best late night hotspots. You probably won't be slinging back mai tais here though (although at one of them you might be), but instead focusing on different exhibits in science and art. Some of the best museums in the country are extending their hours later into the night to bring some more interesting and interactive to exhibits to a variety of age groups. Whether you’re in search of some original kid-friendly fun, or just a unique evening out, these awesome programs keep the museum fun going past your usual bedtime.
NightLife at the San Francisco Academy of Sciences
San Francisco, CA
Every Thursday from 6PM to 10P at the San Francisco Academy of Sciences is “NightLife”, where “music, creatures and cocktails come together”. Guests are welcome to explore the exhibits and aquarium displays while sipping creative cocktails, or lay back with a loved one and thrill to an evening show in the planetarium. Each week’s NightLife features its own live band and/or DJ, and its own original theme - with past favorites like salsa dancing and sustainable seafood. 21-plus.
Mixed Taste at the MCA Denver
Denver, CO
One of the best-loved programs at Denver’s Museum of Contemporary Art, this evening of tag-team lectures on unrelated topics draws a big crowd every Friday night. Topics vary weekly, and speakers only have about half an hour to expound before tagging off to their unrelated counterpart. A press-conference-style Q&A session follows each Mixed Taste event.
Friday and Saturday Nights at the City Museum
St. Louis, MO
One of the most unique museums in the city, the City Museum is more like one giant interactive art space. Tunnels, slide, and tree houses invite visitors to explore every nook and cranny of this structure and you will never find a ‘Do Not Touch’ sign here. On Friday and Saturday the museum stays open until the wee hours of the morning (1 o’clock a.m) and lends out flashlights for those that want a more intimate encounter.
Starry Night at the Florida Museum of Natural History
Gainesville, FL
This annual fall program is a favorite for the whole family, packed with stellar activities for all ages. Kids and adults alike have the chance to stare at the night sky with expert astronomers, learn how these professional stargazers do their jobs, and even build their own telescope. Oh, and they’ve got door prizes. What more could you ask for?
Night at the American Museum of Natural History
New York, NY
This one might make you wish you were 7-13 years old again. New York’s Museum of Natural History has embraced its part in the first Night at the Museum movie, turning it into one of the most fun-sounding kids programs in the city. Kids can enjoy evening screenings of movies in the LeFrak IMAX theater, before live-animal demonstrations or fossil scavenger hunts by flashlight. Come bedtime, they unroll their sleeping bags in the Hall of North American Mammals, under the watchful eye of the museum’s massive 90+ foot blue whale.
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