Monkeys After Dark: Families

Schedule

Fri, 21 Nov, 2025 at 05:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Chambers Street, EH1 1JF Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Edinburgh, SC

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Enjoy after-hours access to Monkeys: Our Primate Family at the National Museum of Scotland. This family session will include taster talks, hands-on activities and more.
Mini Monkey Talks
Time: 17:45 - 18:00 and 18:30 - 18:45
Location: Auditorium, Level 1
Grab a seat in the Auditorium and hear from our primate experts.
Very Important Primate Craft
Time: 17:30 - 19:30
Location: Collecting Stories, Level 1
Swing past our craft tables and design your own VIP badge inspired by the exhibition.
Monkey Masquerade
Time: judging begins at 19:00
Location: Auditorium, Level 1
Get creative and come along in full primate fashion. Will you rock a tamarin monkey’s stylish moustache, a marmoset’s fluffy ears, or don a lemurs’ racing stripes? Exhibition curator, Dr Andrew Kitchener, will join our judging panel to pick the best dressed primate.

Good to know:
- Entrance to this event will be via the Main Entrance on Chambers Street.
- The event will take place both in the Auditorium on Level 1, and inside the Monkeys: Our Primate Family exhibition gallery on Level 3. The exhibition can be accessed via lift or escalator from the Collecting Stories gallery on Level 1.
- This event is suitable for our family audiences and is open to all ages. Please note, an adult only (18+) session will take place after this session, 20:00 - 22:00.
- Our exhibition shop will be open on the night.

Price
Adult: £18
Members & Concessions: £15
Child: £3

For full ticketing details including terms and conditions, accessibility information, visit our website: https://www.nms.ac.uk/events/monkeys-after-dark-families
Find out more about Monkeys: Our Primate Family: https://www.nms.ac.uk/exhibitions/monkeys-our-primate-family
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Chambers Street, EH1 1JF Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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