Nights at the Museum
Enjoy live music, a pop-up bar and explore incredible exhibitions with free guided tours by local artists during our after-hours culture fix!
The Australian Museum is FREE and open until 9pm on Wednesday nights.
Enjoy live music, grab a drink at our pop-up bar and explore incredible exhibitions inspired by our natural history and cultural collections with Nights at the Museum - Sydney’s favourite FREE after hours culture fix!
Visit our special exhibitions Bilas: Body Adornment from Papua New Guinea, featuring photographs by Wylda Bayrón.
Witness the history and diversity of the world’s oldest living cultures in our First Nations Gallery Garrigarrang (Sea Country). Or get up close with Dinosaurs and Australian animals, learn about 100 Treasures of the Australian Museum with stories of 100 of Australia's most influential people in the 200 Treasures of the Australian Museum exhibition, and be dazzled by over 1800 spectacular rocks and minerals in our newest permanent exhibition Minerals.
Nights at the Museum will end at the end of September.
Program for Wednesday 27 September
| Program | Time |
|---|---|
| Music: The Mighty Bullfrog | 5:30pm to 6:00pm |
| Theatre: Your Planet: Climate & Environmental Short Documentaries | 6:00pm to 8:00pm |
| Museum Through My Eye | 6:00pm to 6:20pm |
| Music: The Mighty Bullfrog | 6:30pm to 7:15pm |
| Museum Through My Eyes | 7:20pm to 7:40pm |
| Music: The Mighty Bullfrog | 8:00pm to 8:45pm |
The Mighty Bullfrog will be gracing the main stage in Hintze Hall playing Real Funk, Blues, Groove, Afro and Soul. Mixing their own originals music with cover songs from funk classics such as; James Brown, Sly & Family Stone, Tina Turner, and The Meters. The Mighty Bullfrog have come together from diverse backgrounds, multiple bands and decades playing the Sydney music scene. A pure synthesis of all the important elements that make their shows a refreshing and unique experience for audiences. The Mighty Bullfrog are Jade Da Silva on vocals, James Eriksson on drums/vocals, Tristan Fitzgerald on guitar/vocals, Tim Lumsdaine on bass guitar, Dan Parise on keys/vocals, and Gerard Perrignon on sax/vocals.
Presented in partnership with Sydney Film Festival and the Australian Broadcast Corporation, Your Planet: Climate & Environment Short Documentaries will be on show in the Theatre across the night. From wildlife defenders to waste warriors, from valleys to reefs, to powerful stories from First Nations filmmakers, these short documentaries will transport you across Australia and showcase people and communities creating solutions to some of the greatest challenges facing our environment.
Museum Through My Eyes is an opportunity to experience, see, and hear the Museum in ways you never imagined.
Join a local artist as they lead you on a 20-minute guided tour of the Museum’s collections and galleries. Artists are given 4 hours to create their tour during the day, with the design and scope entirely up to their artistic vision. Whether it is through storytelling, song, dance, or other forms of creative expression, each tour will be a unique and fascinating insight into how a local artist responds to the Museum. The artist for this week’s Museum Through My Eyes tour will be announced soon.
Ages: All ages
After the Smoke
Wendy Farmer, housewife turned activist and founder of Voices of the Valley, recounts how the devastating Hazelwood mine fire led her to find her voice as an activist.
Babanil
The beautiful lower Martuwarra Fitzroy River, in the Kimberley region, is a place rich in culture that the Nyikina people have cared for over many generations.
For Frogs Sake
The story of two female conservationists fighting against time to save the endangered and elusive Giant Burrowing Frogs in regional Victoria.
Mad about Maggots
One third of the food produced every year is thrown away. Because of this, food waste makes up 30 percent of global emissions. Luke Wheat has decided to do something about it.
Mamirnikuwi
After discovering that her home on the Tiwi Islands is at risk from a huge gas project, Antonia Burke mobilises her community creating the first ever Tiwi Women’s Ranger group.
Nyarrrparala Malaju
Mala (the Rufous Hare-Wallaby) are very important ancestors in Warlpiri people’s Jukurrpa (Dreaming). So what happens when there are no more Mala?
The Number 2 Solution
Brisbane-based scientists build Australia’s first facility to transform human waste into renewable energy and a sustainable product called Biochar.
The Oyster Gardener
Jolie, a grade-12 student and aspiring marine biologist, joins forces with her community to bring back the lost oyster reefs of the Noosa River.
Power to Country
A portrait of life thrown into crisis by energy insecurity, Power to Country tells the story of Garrwa woman Shirley’s displacement from traditional homelands and her yearning to return.
Road Kill Warriors
400,000 animals are killed on Tasmanian roads every year. Meet the women who are tackling this issue in unique and sometimes controversial ways.
Wing Threads
Zoologist turned microlight pilot, Amellia Formby, is on a mission to share her love for migratory shorebirds, whilst searching for solutions to the many threats they face.
Discover more programs and exhibitions
More programs to be announced soon.
Nights at the Museum is proudly funded by the NSW Government
The Australian Museum is COVID Safe
To help keep our staff, visitors and community safe, the AM has COVID-19 protocols in place, including physical distancing, increased cleaning and hygiene practices. Facemasks are encouraged.
View our full COVID-19 safety information here.
