Text: Museum Adventure After Dark

    Wednesday, May 1, 2024 6-9 p.m.
    A 21+ Event

    Thank you for joining us at Museum Adventure After Dark! 

    We hope you enjoyed your chance to delight in discovery again at this first-of-its-kind Museum evening. Missed the event, or excited to attend again? Keep an eye on our social media channels and website for future event news.

    visitor looks at a fossil held by an educator
    Three visitors pose in the galleria below the hanging whale skeleton
    A hand holding a bright red cocktail with a lemon wedge and blueberries skewered by a tookthpick laid artfully on top
    Visitors look at the food table by the Mandela exhibit. A crowd is visible around them.
    Three guests point to a diagram on a table. Also on the table, a microscope, and a fishtank.
    A visitor in a headwrap and bright green dress waits for a cocktail at the bar in front of Mandela: The Official Exhibition
    A crowd roams the galleria
    A guest plays with a design she constructed from Little Bits, special toys that form circuits.
    Three guests pose behind their Little Bits creation, a red cartoony monster that moves.
    Two guests hold cocktails and smile
    Tin Repousse of a dragonfly made at an activity station in an exhibit.
    A volunteer in The Streets of Old Grand Rapids stands at the counter of the pharmacy, smiling in a while lab coat and vintage hat.
    The crowd on the second floor landing and galleria floor as viewed from the third floor. A small plane hangs from the ceiling above.
    Two guests look out at the Grand River from the Museum stairway through the window.
    Two guests pose with their Little Bits creation, a small wheeled vehicle that moves.
    A guest leans over an interactive topographic sandbox. A projector shines colorful lights onto the sand and detects high points and low points, shown in gradients.
    A volunteer in the lathe holds up a top he crafted.
    Guests stand near the raffle table, talking and laughing.
    Three guests pose with cocktails and smile.
    A drink with a marshmallow on a skewer in it on a table beside a rustic table centerpiece with glowing lanterns.
    Three guests pose and smile with cocktails below the whale skeleton.
    Two guests pose and smile with cocktails in front of a hanging plane.
    Two guests pose and smile with cocktails in front of the planetarium.
    A guest fills a plate with food from a charcuterie spread.
    Two volunteers make big expressive excited faces holding gift cards they won.
    Two guests hold up their goodies from the evening, smiling.

    The Museum Adventure After Dark Experience:

    • Access to all three floors of Museum exhibits… at night! 

    • Guided and independent activities themed around several subjects from animal adaptations to watersheds and engineering

    • Interactive shows at the Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium. 

    • Attire: Casual, come as you are!

    • An appetizer menu of elevated camp food favorites 

    • Specially curated adult beverages

    Thank you to our Museum Adventure After Dark Sponsors

    Ambassador

    Sustainer

    Friend

    Food Sponsor

    Bar Sponsor

    Museum Adventure After Dark Committee

    • Kristen Aidif
    • Jamie Carnes
    • Debra Clegg
    • Katie Dietrich
    • Carrie Engels
    • Lori A Faulkner
    • Becki Fuller
    • Isaac Hartman
    • Thressa Hylok
    • Shelley Irwin
    • Jeff Kaiser
    • Erin Koren
    • Lisa Koskela
    • Keri Kujala
    • Katy Mork
    • Cynthia Maas
    • Leslie Milstead
    • Dr. Stephanie Ogren
    • Cindy Porter Janes
    • Shelby Reno
    • Dale Robertson
    • Jennifer Smith
    • Karen Smith-Ostrander
    • Katie VanDoeselaar
    • Madelyn Wilson