RBS Museum Lates: Dino-Night

Please note the event is now SOLD OUT!
Date: Fri 17 May 2013
Time: 19:00-22:30
Cost: £10/£8. Over 18s only.

Event programme

On Dino-Night our museum galleries are yours to explore with special activities listed below! 

Entrance Hall

Cloakroom and toilet facilities

Museum Brasserie
The Museum Brasserie will be open from 17:00 serving a hearty menu of burgers, veggie burgers and steak - perfect for sinking the teeth into! Burgers cost £8.50 and halloumi burgers £7.95. Want to book a table? Call 0131 247 4040 or email nms@benugo.com.

Grand Gallery

Main stage – Vic Galloway introduces
19:00 – Fresh Air DJs
20:20 ­& 21.40 – Auntie Flo live   
21:00 – Miniature Dinosaurs live 
22.15 – Finale performance  
22:25 – Millennium Clock chimes goodnight

Above: Auntie Flo (left) and Miniature Dinosaurs.

Bars – Grab a snack or try our themed cocktail. Last orders 22:00; bars close 22:15.

If you’re lucky enough to look under 25, please have ID ready. If it’s hard to tell, we have to ask. Sorry, red wine and museum collections don’t mix, so it’s off the menu tonight.

Also appearing in the Grand Gallery

Tyrone the T.rex – Watch out for special guest appearances throughout the night.
Jurassic Explorer Snaps – Look out for your photos on Flickr the following week!
Rock the Lab – Look out for the science buskers and their amazing experiments.

South Hall & Imagine Gallery

Silent Disco – With the resident Fresh Air DJs.

Chill-out Zone – Bar and retro games.

Sign Up Desk
Sign up for the following activities here (spaces are limited so add your name fast!)

Capture the Museum – Be one of the first to try our exciting new mobile app. Capture the Museum is an exciting new team game where the museum is the battlefield. Supported by an innovative mobile app, players roam the museum and capture territory for their clan by interacting with exhibits.
Cool Creatures – Meet some incredible reptiles up-close with Cool Creatures.
Dino DNA Cocktail – help the Novo Science team isolate DNA from bacteria found in fossilised dinosaur poo. Can we bring them back to life and will they be friendly or the next super-plague? Come and find out!

Auditorium

20:15 Askasaurus – Evolution to extinction in 20 minutes with assistant curator Dr Sarah Stewart.
21:00 Tattie Devine – The Red Door Gallery presents a unique opportunity to hear Tatty Devine co-founder Harriet Vine discuss striking jewellery designs that combine fashion, art and culture.

Learning Centre Level 2

Fantoosh Face Art Lab – Choose from tonight’s amazing dinosaur inspired designs from Fantoosh Art.
Art Wonderland 4 – Join the Red Door Gallery for an exclusive Dinosaur Bone necklace workshop with special guests Tatty Devine surrounded by dinosaur prints from a selection of artists. Get there early before places are extinct!

Animal World (Level 1)

Museum of Curiosities – Handle some fascinating dinosaur objects from the museum’s collections including a full size cast of an Allosaurus skull.
Another Thing of the Past – Explore current conservation issues and cast your vote.

Living Lands (Level 1)

Magic Carpet – Chill out and make your own T.rex mask.

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