Night at the Museums

The highly anticipated Night at the Museums is back with a bang for 2012! The University of Aberdeen's King's Museum and Zoology Museum will once again host a special evening event packed full of exciting activities, crafts, quizzes and much more, all FREE. Whether you prefer to have a go yourself or relax and watch, create something special or solve some interesting puzzles there is something for everyone at University of Aberdeen's Night at the Museums 2012..

Venue: King's Museum and Zoology Museum

 At King’s Museum:

• Meet the artists behind the current exhibition and hear them discuss their artworks.
• Get crafty with artist Jennifer Littlejohn and make your own snow goggles and amulets, 6-8pm.
• View short film screenings and take part in fun quizzes and trails. Films shown 8.30-10pm.

At Zoology Museum:

• Create your own fashionable fascinator.
• Form a team to take part in the adult only topical science quiz...there’s prizes to be had! 8-9pm
• Get hands on in interactive science experiment workshops.
• Handle live animals with Mr Bug.
• Transform a delicious cupcake into your favourite animal with Bibi’s Bakery.
• Add your memoires of your special outdoor place to our Tree of Life
• Win prizes by having a go at our various activity stations and exciting trails.
• Have a go at cave painting and handle real prehistoric objects.
• Hear enchanting tales about all creatures great and small with Grace Banks. 6-7pm pre-booked torch lit trail and drop in sessions 7.30-9pm.
• Tours of the Cruikshank Gardens.

Please note that the storytelling torch lit trail with Grace Banks requires advanced booking via King’s Museum.  TEL: 01224 274330 EMAIL: kingsmuseum@abdn.ac.uk

Animal handling sessions, Satrosphere science workshops and the garden tours will run at timed slots throughout the evening, please sign up on the night to book your space.

For further details about the event please view the King’s Museum Blog at http://www.abdn.ac.uk/kingsmuseum/

Visit www.festivalofmuseums.com to explore the full events programme.

This event has been supported with a Festival of Museums grant from Museums Galleries Scotland.

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