After Hours & Behind the Scenes at Museums
Museums are an obvious place to find art but not in this way. Several DC museums are open after hours on specific nights and times. This is the second year the museums have joined the ranks of nightlife clubs and it’s a popular thing. Tickets sell out in advance. Here’s the story, Mingling at the Museum, with the details of which museums are participating their website links.
If you’re looking for more artwork that’s not usually on view, try going behind the scenes. Many museums have archived artwork in storage that can be viewed, as seen as an example here at the New York Historical Society.
You don’t have to travel far, though, The Museum of American Art has something similar, sponsored through the Henry Luce Foundation.
This reminds me of one of my favorite movies, After Hours, by Martin Scorsese where Griffin Dunne plays the humdrum office worker where everything changes and goes wrong for him in an instant.
Peggy Lee’s classic hit, Is that all there is? is perfect for the end of this whacky but brilliant movie. Here’s a version to Kick Start the Weekend.
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