Nocturnes 2024
Once again this year, the Institute of Natural Sciences opens its doors for the 23rd edition of Brusselsmuseums' Nocturnes. We are expecting you on Thursday 23 May from 5pm onwards! Visit our wondrous exhibits and discover an array of exciting activities curated exclusively for this evening.
- Thursday 23 May 2024
- 17:00 - 22:00
- 1 ticket = 1 museum (standard rate : 6€, -26 years old : 3€, children under 13 : free)
- Ticket
Programme :
- EXPO Giants
- BEHIND THE SCENES The mysteries of the Institute
- GUIDED TOUR Discover the giants of our Earth!
- WORKSHOP Mindgame!
- CONCERT Fanfare Boentje
EXPO : GIANTS
GIANTS, a journey through time to meet 11 gigantic animals that lived after the dinosaurs. An ENOURMOUS chance to feel small as can be next to these live-sized giants!
BEHIND THE SCENES: The mysteries of the Institute
Are you also curious about what lies behind the Museum's closed doors? On this tour, we open these doors especially for you. You will discover that the Institute of Natural Sciences is much more than the Museum. You will walk through various work rooms, take a look at the scientists' offices and enter some unique storage rooms with hundreds of specimens. During your tour through various corridors and staircases, you will also get to know the beautiful architecture of the Institute's buildings. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to go behind the scenes.
Booking mandatory :
EN : 20.00 – booking via this link.
NL : 18.00 – booking via this link.
FR : 17.00 / 19.00 – booking via this link.
GUIDED TOUR : Discover the giants of our earth!
Travel back in time with our guides as they take you on a breathtaking voyage of discovery through the most gigantic giants in Earth's history. You will witness the discovery of the famous iguanodons of Bernissart while learning all about fossilization and excavations. You will meet such stars as Stegosaurus, Diplodocus, Maiasaura and Tyrannosaurus.
Come face to face with a giant snake or a rhino that was as big as a giraffe! Don't shy away from the saber-toothed tiger or the Megalodon? Then the guide will take you on a tour among these wondrous animals and teach you how they lived, why they got so big and how they finally disappeared.
Booking mandatory :
EN : 18.15 / 21.15 – booking via this link.
NL : 17.15 / 20.15 – booking via this link.
FR : 17.15 / 18.15 / 20.15 / 21.15 – booking via this link.
WORKSHOP : MindgameAre you a fan of board games? And natural sciences?
Explore biodiversity, evolution and prehistory through a selection of captivating board games. It's a fun experience that awakens curiosity and enriches knowledge!
CONCERT : The Boentje brass band
Fanfare Boentje is a group of peïs and meïs from Brussels and beyond, playing music that's as eclectic as it is committed, and as full of joie de vivre as it is exotic. A brass band journey to everywhere without leaving home.
Subject to change:
The doors of the Museum terrace are exceptionally opened to you. Within this enchanting setting overlooking the Museum garden, located in the Leopold Park in the heart of Brussels, you can enjoy a divine aperitif.
