Light Night 2022
The Stars Connect Us All
We're open
Friday 18 November, 6-9pm
Families with children aged 7+
Free entry, donations welcome
We'd love you to join us for a star-spangled evening in the Museum
Starry, starry night - Light Night 2019
Did you know that everything — and everyone — in the universe was made in a star?
Discover your inner star power: explore the stars bring us all together, share your favourite star stories, watch heavenly performers inspired by the stars — and get hands-on to make your own recycled star for our eco-tree.
ON THE COBBLES: Wish Upon a Star
Sing a Song of Starlight ...
Join our friends in a Ukrainian choir, accompanied by fellow Ukranian musicians Dvi Doli, for festive songs and celebrations.
Make a Wish Firepit
Write your wish for the holiday season and throw it into the mysterious flames of our firepit.
Ukranian Musicians Dvi Doli
TOP GALLERY: Reach for the Stars
Make Me a Star
This year artist Sarah Turner has designed us an eco-tree and we'd love you to help us fill it with stars. Come up to the Top Gallery and make one of Sarah's beautiful star designs — then nip down to the Basement to add your star to our tree.
Show and Tell
Discover how our ancestors used intriguing astrolabes to scan the skies and read the rhythm of the universe. Find out how to tell the time with an astrolabe — and try it yourself.
Lightning Talks
Our museum team will be out and about in the Galleries to share some of the stories our collections can tell. Watch out for live 'lightning talks' during the evening.
Make me a star ...
BASEMENT GALLERY: Star Performers
Sing a Song of Starlight ...
Join our friends in a Ukrainian choir, accompanied by fellow Ukranian musicians Dvi Doli, for festive songs and celebrations.
Star Slam
Join international award-winning poet Isy Mead for verse inspired by the stars in the night sky.
Rawz & Miles
Join Miles Ncube and Rawz for a journey guided by the spoken word and the ancient mbira — an instrument invented by believers in the stars.
Singing Strings
Watch out for live performances by Welsh harpist Heledd Wynn Newton.
Rawz & Miles and the Mbira
It's free entry so no need to book
Just drop and and see us. We look forward to welcoming you.
The evening's events are correct at the time of publication but are subject to alteration without notice.
