My Short 'Long Night of Museums'
The spirit was willing, but the feet were weak
I can’t believe that I am starting my third year in Berlin, but this was the first time I went to the Lange Nacht der Museen (Long Night of Museums).
The Long Night is an annual event in which participating museums - this year there were 75 - stay open all night. One ticket grants you admission to all of them, plus the special exhibits, performances, guided tours and talks that take place that night only - this year there were more than 750.
Obviously, no normal human can see 75 museums in a single night, even if you do stay until the 2 a.m. close. The idea is that there is something on offer for everyone.
The interactive event website let you design your own itinerary or choose from a number of pre-selected routes. (You can see the route I planned here—at least as long as the link stays active.)
If history, art, and astronomy aren’t your cup of tea, you might have been more interested in, say, the w…
