Late night at Museums (National Portrait Gallery after 9pm)

A few nice Museums images I found:

Late night at Museums (National Portrait Gallery after 9pm)




Image by Julie70

I did publish it in May, to put it here, I had to change the date of publishing.

I won a competition with this "Museum at Night" by Culture24.

The pictures were judged by Gordon MacDonald, editor of Photoworks magazine and Susanna Brown, Curator of Photographs at London's Victoria and Albert Museum!

Vatican Museum staircase




Image by Tjflex2



Ashmolean Museum, Oxford




Image by Martin Beek

by Lord Leighton (detail)
Founded in 1683, The Ashmolean re-opened on Saturday 7th November 2009. Their new display approach is "crossing culture crossing time." It was my first glimpse today, the much loved older museum is still here, but now enormously extended and plenty more to enjoy.
Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Ashmolean is currently undergoing a £61 million redevelopment. Award-winning architect Rick Mather has designed a new building to replace all but the Grade I listed Cockerell building. His design will double the existing gallery space, allow environmental control, and create a dedicated Education Centre and conservation facilities.

I've tried to show something of the atmosphere and texture of the museum in many of the photos, I also wanted to convey the sense of movement and people's interaction with the art objects, therefore razor sharp clarity (were I to achieve that) was not my number one objective. This set will grow as I explore the new galleries, I hope you'll forgive me if I do not tag or describe everything right away as there is so much to take in!
The New Ashmolean
Martin Beek Oxford, November 2009