What is on at the Night of Museums 2017 in Bucharest?

More than 40 museums and cultural spaces in Bucharest will open their doors to nocturne visitors at this year’s edition of the Night of Museums, taking place on May 20. Access throughout the event is free of charge and the perspective a different one, so here are some highlights of this year’s offering The National Museum of Art of Romania (MNAR) Visiting hours: 19:00 - 05:00 At its main headquarters, across the street from the Bucharest Athenaeum, the Modern Romanian Art Gallery, the Old Romanian Art Gallery and the European Art Gallery are open between 19:00 and 05:00. The Art Collections Museum opens an exhibition with works by contemporary Romanian painter Stefan Caltia between 19:00 and 05:00. At the same time, the historic spaces of the former Royal Palace will open for visitors between 11:00 and 19:00. Guided tours are available at 11:30, 14:00 and 16:30. The Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum Visiting hours: 16:00 - 19:00 Besides the regular exhibitions, visitors can attend various crafts workshops, folk music and dance performances, and a fair gathering craftsmen from all over the country. The National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC) Visiting hours: 18:00 - 02:00 The museum is open with a schedule of art and film from its archive. Art films will be screened in the space in front of the museum, while MNAC’s exhibition will be open to visitors. Cotroceni National Museum Visiting hours: 19:00 - 24:00 The first floor of the Cotroceni Palace, the former residence of the Romanian royal family, and its over 300 year history await the public. The Bellu Cemetery Visiting hours: 19:00 - 03:00 The cemetery is where many of Romania’s past political and cultural figures rest. Guided tours of the cemetery are available until 24:00 and an exhibition on the history of the local cultural life will be open until the same hour. Several musical moments will also be available. Sofian Miron will deliver a jazz recital starting 20:00, while Liviu Indricau prepared a classical music one starting 20:30. The Cromatic Quartet will hold an instrumental music recital starting 21:30, and a theater performance of Taxi Blues by Ana Maria Bamberger is scheduled at 22:00. The Grigore Antipa Natural History Museum Visiting hours: 15:30 - 24:00 Besides visiting the permanent display, the public can attend screening of documentary films offered by Digi Animal World, help perform an entomological collecting of night insects with the help of special luminous sources or intercept the bats in the museum’s yard with an ultrasounds detector, all under the supervision of the museum’s specialists. During the same event, Charles Darwin’s