This is the second of the RBS Museum Lates events at the National Museum of Scotland. Subtitled Night of the Mummy, the event takes place just a fortnight after the opening of the Museum’s major new Fascinating Mummies exhibition and so there will be an ancient Egyptian flavour to the night.
Following on from the huge success of the first RBS Museum Lates event in November, which sold out within two weeks of tickets going on sale, capacity for the hotly-anticipated event has been increased to 2,000 (from 1300). Opening hours have been extended, so the event will run from 7pm to 11pm.
Musical headliners will be critically acclaimed Glasgow-based folk-rockers, Sparrow and the Workshop, with support from Edinburgh four-piece Bwani Junction, tipped to be one of the breakthrough acts of 2012. Compere and DJ for the evening will again be Ally McCrae, host of BBC Radio 1’s Introducing in Scotland programme
The event takes place a fortnight after the opening of Fascinating Mummies, the first major paid exhibition since the transformed Museum reopened in the summer.
A limited number of combination tickets offering discounted admission to the exhibition itself will be on sale, and there will be an Egyptian theme running throughout the Museum for the evening.
The Museum’s Learning Centre will be transformed into a bazaar, with hieroglyphics, craft workshops and facepainters, with some sign-up activities on the night including the chance to Unwrap the Mummy.
Other surprises are in store, with plans including comedy in the auditorium, a roaming fashion show and the opportunity to have your picture taken in Egyptian garb by the imposing Nubian statue in the Grand Gallery.
Popular features from the first event will return, with Fresh Air FM bringing silent disco to the Imagine Gallery, pop-up bars in the Grand Gallery and the unique opportunity to simply explore the galleries of the transformed Museum by night.
Tickets
Tickets are onsale now www.nms.ac.uk/lates or by phoning 0300 123 6789 priced £10 (£8 concession).
The combination ticket with entry to the Fascinating Mummies (normally £9.50) is £18 (£16 concession). National Museums Scotland members pay £8 for admission, including entry to the exhibition.
The National Museum of Scotland will be the only UK venue for Fascinating Mummies. The exhibition runs from 11 Feb to 27 May 2012