Long Night of Museums
In less than 2 months will be held one of the biggest events in Warsaw called Long Night of Museums. It is a great opportunity to visit museums and cultural institutions without paying a fee. It is a great occasion for all visitors to see some really rare places which can't normally be seen for free.
The history
The first Long Night of Museums was organized in Berlin in 1997. The idea of this event brought so many people that a lot of countries wanted to organize it as well. In Poland the first Long Night of Museums was held in 2003 at the National Museum in Poznan.
Attractions on a Long Night of Museums
The Long Night of Museums is a good opportunity to ride an old tram which was used 45 years ago. If you want to see even more amazing places that you can only visit once a year you can go to Warsaw Filters. Of course many museums like the National Museum or the Polish Army Museum are open all night. If you like doing science experiments you can visit the Copernicus Science Center. Our school is also preparing for this day and will be showing an artistic installation. It is really worth coming because you can learn something interesting by looking at other students' projects. Year by year more people are interested in this kind of an event. You can see it by looking at queues that get longer every year. It is such a shame that you can visit those incredible places only until midnight. It is good to plan were you want to go and be so that you have the opportunity to visit more places in a shorter time.
Questions:
Are you going this year to the Long Night of Museums?
What kind of place do you want to visit and which do you recommend ?
Links:
Are you going this year to the Long Night of Museums?
What kind of place do you want to visit and which do you recommend ?
Links:
http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1019393,title,Noc-Muzeow-w-Warszawie,wid,16605053,wiadomosc.html?ticaid=1147ca
Comments
I have never participated in the "Long Night of Museums" yet, for different reasons. Mostly because I have no company to go with and there are no particularly interesting things for me to see... museums are about very old or even ancient stuff and I am more into the newest or even futuristing things, like technology for example.
I didn't think about where would I want to go if I decided that this year I would be attending this event. I would probably rely on recommendations and choose something from what prople would suggest me to see.
Last year I also had an amazing opportunity to take part in the Long Night of Museums at our university. My videomapping was screened on the main building. It was one of the proudest moments in my life. This year, I hope I will also participate in this spectacular venture, however not as an animator but as a game designer.
Anyway I think that such events are necessary for our society - people doesn't care that much about art any more. It's really important not to forget about our aesthetic sensitivity and boost it at least once a year.
People prefer going to cinema at the weekend or shopping. Every year the line for the Warsaw pump station next to our school is getting longer and longer with every year. :D
There is a magical atmosphere during Long Night of Museum and you don't have to pay that much to see it :)
I agree, atmosphere is super cool, I was really suprised how many people turned up last yeat in our school...
Besides our school, where would you like to go nest year girls?
However, as you mentioned in the article, the queues are really long - and each year they become longer, as the Night of Museums gains popularity. Like Paulina said, sometimes it's better to pay a small fee and access the Museum on a normal day. Besides, it's good to make some research - various museums have one day in a week free of charge, like Zachęta or Pałac w Wilanowie.
More information you can find here: http://www.poland.travel/en-us/technological-and-industrial-monuments/central-waterworks-in-warsaw
simply doing something out of the ordinary.
Like Marta, I'd like to visit Warsaw Filters, but I know it's going to be a challenge because a lot of people are interested so naturally the queue is going to be gigantic. I remember it from last year and it looked really intimidating. I wish myself (and Marta) luck.
I don't really understand why people who don't visit museums during the year suddenly decide to do it on the Long Night of Museums.
I mean tickets to most museums are not that expensive...
Maybe there are some very entertaining additional attractions or something, but all the crowd...
Maybe it's just because I don't like 'mass events' that much, but I just don't get it.
Yes, sure. This year I'll try to visit as many museums and exhibition as possible. I think the the Long Night of Museums is a great idea to promote art, history, science etc. to regular people.
I don't care that most of the night people spend in the queues and when they finally get into the museums there are horrendous crowds inside.
What kind of place do you want to visit and which do you recommend ?
Every possible museum in my reach.
Well, It will be my first Long Night of Museums ever, I hope I will be able to go to this event, I'd really like to. It's a very interesting kind of activity.
What kind of place do you want to visit and which do you recommend ?
I'd like to see an artistic installation of our school,to visit the Copernicus Science Center and also to ride an old tram.
Queues at the event are certainly something burdensome. But the idea of the organization of the event is a great. Anyone can see interesting exhibitions free of charge. Some of the exhibitions are specially prepared for Long Night Museums.
Interesting places? I think that you can go to the museums in less besieged time. For me interesting place is in the centrer. Old buses trams - every day we do not see it.
I want to visit right side of Warsaw this year, I think about Neon Museum or maybe Wedel's fabric. Unfortunately, I must agree with some of us: these queues are horrible. It is great to see many people participating in cultural event, but big crowd is not cool.
However since that I couldn't find enough time to join and probably this year I won't join it also.
Usually when I want to visit museum I'm just going there paying some ticket - and because i'm a student i can receive various discounts - so the entrance fee is not that high, usually.
The place I want to visit now is the "Invisible Exhibition" in Milenium Plaza - so close to our school but unfortunately I'm still not able to find enough time to go there.
I’ve participated in "Long Night of Museums". I’ve been in many museums. I have never had enough patience to wait for entrance to „Filtry”. I hope I will have more patience in the future :D
I hope that I will have a free time and I will participate in „Long Night of Museum” this year. I really like event like that.
Obviously I'll recommend going for PJATK exhibitions if you can.
Here is a little teaser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWXYWCDjFPc
I have attended previous iterations though, and once I've even participated in organising an event on our University.
My "Game Programming" specialization and I were showing our diploma projects - video games. It was a pretty big hit, especially with the younger visitors!
Overall, I think that this kind of event is a great way to introduce people to a broader meaning of culture - because culture is not only about watching movies in the cinema.
P.S. One thing to keep in mind is that A LOT of people attend this "Museum Night". When visiting more popular venues you should be expecting major queues!