The Museum Night

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Week of 20 July 2026 · 5 of 7 open

Monday to Sunday is one heist: seven vaults, seven treasures, one set, with the crown piece on Sunday. The days below are the ones that have closed.

  1. Monday — Ancient Marble BustVault #8 · 20 July 2026 · par 2 · A chicken's lifeAncient marbles were once painted in loud colours — we only see the bleached version.
  2. Tuesday — Fossil AmmoniteVault #9 · 21 July 2026 · par 3 · A human lifeThis spiral shell swam the seas 200 million years before the first flower bloomed.
  3. Wednesday — Egyptian ScarabVault #10 · 22 July 2026 · par 3 · Around the clockCarved as good-luck charms, scarabs were tucked over the hearts of the mummified.
  4. Thursday — Portrait in OilsVault #11 · 23 July 2026 · par 4 · Rolling upOld varnish yellows with age — restorers peel back decades to find the true colours.
  5. Friday — Gift-Shop TeaspoonVault #12 · 24 July 2026 · par 3 · The spectrumEvery great museum's most-stolen object is, quietly, the café cutlery.