I missed the Museum at Night so was very glad to get this report from Matt. He says …

We had a great turnout and some amazing music.

Typically it rained almost the whole evening, but the bands improvised splendidly by heading to the attic galleries which turned out to be highly atmospheric.

For the moments that the sun came out the crowds gathered up to enjoy what was a stunning contrast of darkened sky and brilliant yellows of the evening setting sun.

The museum lift appears to be Out of Order more often than not. Perhaps outside lifts are just not that reliable.

Meanwhile there has been scaffolding round the Cupola, at the top of the museum, for the last 2 or 3 months. English Heritage are investigating some unexplained noises.

There was a warm welcome for all at the 6pm-9pm Museum at Night event at Abingdon County Hall Museum.

Members of the MG Car Club were there in numbers, parked on the nearby Market Place.

Exhibits include an MG.

MGs cars were once made in Abingdon.

There was also a performance by the Abingdon Town Oompah band led by Steve Rich.

This was a tribute to Abingdon’s twin town Schongau, in Bavaria, who have an excellent brass band.