RBS Museum Late: A Night in Wonderland

Date: Friday 18 May
Time: 19:00 – 22:30

Please note this event is now SOLD OUT. No ticket means no entry.
Strictly over 18s only: if you look under 25 please bring ID – if it's hard to tell we have to ask.

Entrance Hall

Tasty food in the Brasserie.

Cloakroom and toilets.

Grand Gallery

Main Performance Stage

Radio 1’s Ally McCrae introduces:

19:00 – A chilled set from Fresh Air FM to get the evening started and the best in new Scottish Music from Ally McCrae himself

20.30 – Discopolis live on stage

21.30 – Django Django live on stage

22.30 – The Millennium Clock chimes goodnight

Bars

It’s an al fresco feel tonight so enjoy some seasonal treats. Try our Glenmorangie cocktail created especially for the night, grab a bite to eat off the ‘barbie’ and visit our Schiehallion and Bitter & Twisted beer gardens. Last orders 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! As red wine and museum collections don’t mix well, it’s off the menu tonight.

South Hall, Imagine Gallery & Learning Centre

Chill-out Zone

Zone out under the Bulldog plane in the laid-back calm of the South Hall (just through the Discoveries Gallery) with bars, snacks and retro games.   

Silent Disco

Back by popular demand! Dance to your own personal beat in the weirdly wonderful world of the Imagine Gallery. Don a headset, choose from two Fresh Air FM DJ sets and pull some shapes under the watchful eye of the giant Chinese Dragon. Last entry 22:00.

Sign Up Desk

Sign up for the following free activities here (numbers are limited, so add your name fast!)

Miniature Wonders: Meet Cool Creatures and discover more about the amazing world of invertebrates.

The Original Psychic Challenge: Join Dr Peter Lamont of the University of Edinburgh to discover the origins of psychic phenomena, and try to solve a mystery that has remained unexplained since 1871.  

Auditorium Programme

19:30 – Edinburgh Bright Club: The gang are back with a new line-up with the freshest thing in stand-up:  straight from the (research) field to funny.

20:45 – ELECTROKINETIC: A unique, live, body-mapping performance with LEDs by artist Betsy Davis to a live audio mix by Mauricio Escamilla.

As a kinetic work of light, sound and space, a black-clothed performer is unseen whilst all that remains are vivid multi-coloured points of LED light in active motion to the sound and space of the venue. This performance and random sightings around the museum will redefine how the body in motion is seen and experienced.

21:15 – Wish You Were Here? Searching for Exo – Planets: 'Into Deep Space' and 'Close Distance' are short films about life outside the solar system and the planet hunters searching for it. A Scottish Government Science Engagement Grant funded collaboration between Edinburgh College of Art, The Royal Observatory Edinburgh and the Universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh.

Level 2 Events Space

The Fantoosh Art Lab: Your favourite face artists are back with new Wonderland designs to choose from.

Please expect queues for this extremely popular activity – last entry 22:00.

Museum galleries

Ever toured a museum at night? From T.rex to totem poles, our newly refurbished galleries are yours to explore. Check out tonight’s special activities here.

Natural World: Animal Gallery (Level 1)

Red Door Gallery presents Art Wonderland: An interactive pop-up exhibition inspired by Alice in Wonderland, featuring a colouring-in competition and a DIY mural designed by Robbie Porter with goodie-bag prizes. Follow The White Rabbit to find us! 

Corner Sound present Curios: Layered live analogue and digital sounds, interspersed with archive and on-the-night field recordings (19:00 - 20:30).

SNARK Hunters: What is a SNARK? Find out by taking the constellation challenge in our Earth in Space gallery and pit your wits against the experts from the University of Edinburgh and ICMS for a chance to make it onto the leader board.

World Cultures Galleries (Level 1)

Magic carpet: Find the magic carpet and make a crown fit for a Queen of Hearts or King of Spades.

Connect Gallery

Fashion Zone: Drop in and check out unique creations by top young Scottish designer Judy Clark, fabulous hats by Fabhatrix, Victorian-inspired accessories from Miss Katie Cupcake and vintage styling by Miss Dixiebelle. Roaming fashion show 19.15 – 20.15.

Craft Beer Sipping: Find out about the science behind what you’re drinking! Meet the master brewers from Harviestoun to hear more about their craft and sample some tipples. Check the sign for times.

Museum of Curiosities: Pop on your white gloves and get up close to a menagerie of weird and wonderful objects from our collections.

Art and Industry Gallery (Level 1)

Mad Hatter’s Photo Emporium: Meet our resident Victorian physician Dr Barbour, raid the Mad Hatter’s wardrobe and pose by some weird and wonderful objects (photos will appear on the museum’s Flickr page).

Fascinating Mummies Exhibition (Level 3)

A last chance to see this amazing exhibition after hours (only a limited number of tickets available to buy on the night). Exhibition Shop open.

To help protect our collections, some galleries are strictly food- and drink-free zones. There are plenty of tables to leave your empties on at the entrances and our museum staff are on hand to help.

Roving Bloggers

Look out for roving photographers and bloggers seeking vox pops and cool pics for our website. Subtle homages to the Wonderland theme are sure to make it onto our Flickr page!

Instagram Scavenger Hunt

Love taking snaps with Instagram and up for a challenge? Then join in our Clicket photographic treasure hunt to win a unique prize! Find out more about the scavenger hunt here.

List Gift

Make sure you pick up a free copy of The List on your way out.

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