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Museums at Night〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Museums at Night homepage )〕 is an twice-yearly festival of late openings, sleepovers and special events taking place in museums, galleries, libraries, archive and heritage sites all over the UK. It is affiliated with the Night of Museums programme across Europe.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nuit des Musées website )〕 It takes place on the weekend before International Museum Day, May 18,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=International Museum Day )〕 and in 2015 will run from Wednesday 13 - Saturday 16 May and Friday 30 - Saturday 31 October. Museums at Night is core funded by Arts Council England and administered by Culture24.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://museumsatnight.org.uk/about-the-festival/ )〕 For Museums at Night weekend 2009, cultural and heritage venues in the UK staged 157 events, attracting over 34,000 visitors. Museums at Night weekend sees combined cultural and heritage programmes offered by multiple organisations in many UK towns and cities, including Stockport,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Culturefeast: Museums at Night ) 〕 Bath,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Museums at Night 2010 )〕 Dorchester, Norwich, Liverpool and NewcastleGateshead.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Late Shows )〕 The largest single programme within the festival is that organised in Newcastle Gateshead covering over 50 venues under the title ''The Late Shows''.〔http://tyneandwear.sky.com/events/article/20818/the-late-shows-artists-limber-up-for-after-dark-events India Adams reporting in 2012 for Sky "the UK's largest Museums at Night event".〕 One of the artists participating in Museums at Night during May 2013 through The Late Shows is Julia Vogl who will be creating a chandelier using the public and 2500 recycled plastic bottles.〔http://www.culture24.host10.ssl.co.uk/places%20to%20go/museums%20at%20night/art433736 Culture24 interview.〕 ==Competition== An aspect of Museums at Night, which attracts attention is the Connect 10 competition between museums and other cultural hosting institutions to engage artists to produce art for the festival weekend.〔http://www.culture24.host10.ssl.co.uk/places%20to%20go/museums%20at%20night/art417288 Culture24 Connect10 selected artists for 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Museums at Night (UK)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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