The annual Museums at Night festival is coordinated and delivered each year by non-profit digital cultural publishers Culture24. Find out what we offer arts and heritage organisations on the Culture24 company site, or see the latest news, exhibitions and events from our network of 6000+ UK venues on our public-facing site Culture24.org.uk.
The team behind Museums at Night
The Museums at Night 2013 team at the festival launch party. Image courtesy Aniko Boholy
Back row, L-R: Staff writer Ben Miller, Festival intern Holly Parsons, Festival intern Amy Strike, Content Co-ordinator Jack Shoulder, Web editor Richard Moss, Culture24 CEO Jane Finnis, Content & Partnerships Director Anra Kennedy, Research Manager Sejul Malde, Activities Editor Conrad Westmaas
Front row, L-R: Pandora George and Sophie Southwell (Bullet PR), Journalist Jenni Davidson, Guy Wimpory (Sponsor Monster), Admin & Finance Coordinator Tessa Watson, Campaigns Officer Rosie Clarke, Campaigns Manager Nick Stockman
Meet the Museums at Night core team, Rosie and Nick:
Nick Stockman and Rosie Clarke
Hello! I’m Rosie Clarke, and I’m Campaigns Officer at Culture24.
If you’re from a museum, gallery, library or heritage site and you call our office, I’m one of the friendly voices on the other end of the phone who can talk you through uploading photos, listing your events and exhibitions, or tagging your educational resources so teachers can find them.
This is the fourth year I’ve coordinated Museums at Night, which is a fantastic project to work on.
One of my proudest moments: seeing Museums at Night make it into a Modern Toss cartoon in the Guardian! (c) http://www.moderntoss.com
For my first Museums at Night experience in 2009 I visited Cambridge Museum of Technology to report on their unforgettable Night Fever event, which told the story of the battle against cholera through stage make-up, social history and dramatic performances.
My first gallery sleepover was at Bexhill’s De La Warr Pavilion, where I took part in artist Luke Jerram’s Dream Director experiment, which attempted to give sleeping participants epic dreams through the power of science and sound art.
Things I like about my job include our team, who have become my friends as well as colleagues and all share a great sense of humour; being able to help people who aren’t sure about something and call or email me; writing articles and feeling a warm glow of excitement when I see my byline; and discovering amazing stories behind museum collections, and the wonderfully enthusiastic people who work in the sector.
I also love working in an office in the North Laine, in the centre of Brighton, with all kinds of shops, cafes and galleries on our doorstep (not to mention the Brighton Pavilion!)
Royal Pavilion, Brighton. Flickr photo by nickzeff, licensed under Creative Commons.
Nick Stockman is our Campaigns Manager, and has been with Culture24 since 2010. He formerly headed up the Brighton Fringe for 6 years, and before that, managed bands and music venues.
He says, “Museums at Night is at such an exciting stage at its development. After the most successful festival ever, with over 400 venues taking part and over £3m worth of media coverage, the next few years are going to see the campaign bloom and I’m very pleased to be here at Culture24 alongside Rosie, steering that progress.”
Press and PR for Museums at Night is handled by Bullet PR.
For all media requests, including press releases and photographs, please contact Pandora George:
pandora@bulletpr.co.uk
Mobile: 07729 469220
Office: 01273 775521
Bullet PR
3C, 11 Jew St
Brighton BN1 1UT
Want more? Get social!
For more information about Museums at Night, please visit our new website www.museumsatnight.org.uk.
You can sign up for our monthly Museums at Night email newsletter here.
For news from arts and heritage sites across the UK, follow @Culture24 on Twitter – and for Museums at Night festival updates, follow @MuseumsAtNight.
Like the Culture24 Facebook page here to connect with other venues and people planning to attend Museums at Night events.
Talk to us!
Got questions about taking part? Want to interview us about the campaign? Drop me an email at rosie@culture24.org.uk or give us a ring on 01273 623336.
And finally
Want to send us flowers and chocolate for all our hard work? The address is
Culture24
Office 4, 28 Kensington Street
Brighton
BN1 4AJ
Museums at Night Blog 
Hi there. Great idea, which I just learned of. I was trying to find a place to look up listings of places open in and around London but it isn’t obvious to me. Can you please point me in the right direction? Many thanks
Hi there!
You can see all Museums at Night 2012 event listings by clicking the button at the top right of this blog saying “Museums at Night 18-20 May – Plan your weekend”.
Here’s a link to the complete event listings http://bit.ly/yVzEkJ, which you can display as a list or a map. You can also use the faceted search options on the right to narrow down your results.
Here’s a search just showing you the London events: http://bit.ly/yYP8RO
As Museums at Night weekend (18-20 May) draws nearer, we’re expecting many more events to be registered – so do keep checking back!