This Saturday marks the 6th annual Nuit des Musées; (and I like how the EU's attempt at appearing united squeezed the word Européenne in there somehow) most museums, in Paris at least, stay open sometimes well past midnight and let visitors in gratuitously. This pleasant mess of a night brings a varied crowd to the streets, from parents with kids who are staying up way past their midnight to absorb culture free of charge, to dazed club kids who enjoy staring at the old masters while rolling. There is no wrong or right formula to soak up the arts. Words of wisdom though, like a soldier ready for attack, come prepared with maps and with a game plan. Otherwise you might end up like me, on the 1st Nuit des Musées, wondering aimlessly, trying to collect scattered friends who all wanted to visit a different spot, than standing in lines forever to never actually discover anything. Although, we did end up RE-discovering a very familiar bar!
http://nuitdesmusees.culture.fr
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