Free late night event at Oxford's Museums on Friday

Oxford University’s Museums have joined forces to organise three free late night events this Friday.

The Ashmolean Museum, Museum of the History of Science, and Pitt Rivers Museum will stay open late on Friday 17 May as part of Museums at Night.

The Ashmolean Museum has planned an evening programme called 'Dodos and dark lanterns' from 6-10pm. Curators will lead tours of the collections while children can try out craft activities and a discovery trail.

The Museum will be full of events, activities and games to transport visitors back to the era in which it was founded. Dr Jon Whitely, senior curator of European art, will give a lecture on the history of the Ashmolean.

The Museum of the History of Science will put on a Creatures of the Night event from 6-11pm, based around the 'Natural Histories' exhibition which has been co-curated with the Museum of Natural History. Tours of the exhibition will run all evening and visitors will see nocturnal creatures ranging from fluorescent scorpions to vampires.

The Pitt Rivers Museum will turn the lights down for its Music and Light event from 7-10pm, providing its visitors with torches to navigate the collections. A cash bar will be available and entry will be by the south entrance off South Parks Road as the Museum of Natural History is closed this year.

Visitors who make it to all three events and collect stamps to prove it will receive a souvenir and the chance to enter a prize draw.