In the news: ‘Museum Night’ concept extends to the historic sites of the V&A Waterfront, with seven museums in the precinct opening their doors FREE of charge to the general public on Thursday, 14 July.

Expect a curated programme of activations, performances, food and other experiences designed to guide audiences through historical and culturally significant spaces and exhibitions, and highlight the V&A Waterfront’s museums and cultural assets.

Download the Map and full Programme

Printed guides to the evening’s activities will be freely available at each cultural stop, ensuring that visitors can make the most of the evening’s offerings. Download the Museum Night Map here.

Event Details:
DATE: 14 July 2016
TIME: 17h00 – 21h00
DURATION: 3 hours (self-guided – please see attached map)
VENUE: All V&A Museums
COST: Free
TICKETS: N/A
CLOSEST PARKING: Clock Tower Centre Garage
INFO: V&A Info Centre on 021 408 7600 or info@waterfront.co.za

V&A Waterfront Museums:
· Zeitz MOCAA Pavilion performances (Free entry)
· Chavonnes Battery Museum (Free entry)
· Iziko Maritime Centre (Free entry)
· Robben Island Jetty Museum (Free entry)
· Cape Town Diamond Museum (Free entry)
· Golf Hall of Fame (Free entry)
· Springbok Rugby Experience (Free entry)
· Two Oceans Aquarium (Half–price entry)

Zeitz MOCAA will present the following activities:
Amphitheatre | Quay 5
“Escape by Night” is a one-hour programme of New Media works from Zeitz MOCAA curated by Owen Martin and Gcotyelwa Mashiqa. Free admission. Screenings at 5, 6, 7 and 8 PM.

Scheryn Pavilion | Bascule Bridge, North Wharf
Exhibition of models, videos, photographs etc., by Thomas Heatherwick studio explaining the new home of Zeitz MOCAA in the Grain Silos. Free admission.

Guided tours every 15 minutes from 5 – 9 PM.

V&A Waterfront Art in Public Places Programme:
Start at the Kyle Morland sculpture between Nedbank and Allan Gray, on the elevated plaza, in the Silo District.

Public unveiling of a new addition to the Art in Public Places Programme. This monumental sculpture by Kyle Morland entitled Falsework IV is on long-term loan from The New Church Museum.

Then do the tour of seven outdoor sculptures by Noria Mabasa, Mohau Modisakeng, Kyle Morland, Cameron Platter, Carl Frederik Reuterswärd, Claudette Schreuders, and Gavin Young all over the V&A Waterfront. Free admission. Unveiling 5 PM.

Participating museums include the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa at the Scheryn Pavilion, Chavonnes Battery Museum, Iziko Maritime Centre, the Robben Island Jetty Museum, the Cape Town Diamond Museum, the Golf Hall of Fame, and the Springbok Experience Rugby Museum.Also part of the inaugural Waterfront Museum Night is the Bring Your Own Beamer exhibition, which comes to the V&A Watershed from as far afield as New York, Istanbul, Tokyo and Amsterdam. The internationally recognised exhibition sees moving image artists in cities around the world bring their work to a central location in their city, providing free exhibition space for those working creatively in moving images and videography.

Visitors will also be able to take in Cape Town’s marine assets during the evening, with a 50% discount on entrance fees to the Two Ocean Aquarium from 5pm onwards. Museums will be open between 5pm and 9pm, with visitors encouraged to start at any museum site, and make use of the printed programmes available at each site to help guide their experience from there.

Museum Night at the V&A Waterfront is an extension of the Museum Night Cape Town project, which in its first edition in 2015 recorded over 13 000 museum visits across 5 central city museums. Museum Night aims to make museums more accessible to the public and to develop a culture of visiting museums amongst locals.

Museum Night is led by Thursdays Projects, the team behind the popular First Thursdays events, where art galleries and cultural attractions in Cape Town and Johannesburg stay open late on the first Thursday of every month.

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