<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <docID>326824</docID> <postdate>2024-08-16 10:54:54</postdate> <headline>Come out to play at the National Museum</headline> <body><p><img class=" wp-image-326825" src="https://citynews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Tigerlily-supplied-e1723769388768.jpg" alt="" width="902" height="601" /></p> <caption>DJ Tigerlily - a 50-minute set.</caption> <p><strong>Visitors to the National Museum of Australia will soon be astonished to find a large halfpipe “wave†in the Gandel Atrium. </strong></p> <p>It’s all part of Night at the Museum: Play, an evening of fun for 18+ Canberrans.</p> <p>In the fledgling days of the NMA, conservative museum councillors were scandalised by a decision to stage a youth night with pop music, young curators and, generally, a bit of fun.</p> <p>“Not appropriate for a national institution,†they roared, and the idea was shelved.</p> <p>It’s different now. Fast forward to the 21st-century and the museum regularly takes audacious leaps into youth and alternative cultures in nocturnal ventures such as Night at the Museum: Queer in February.</p> <p>Night at the Museum: Play invites youth to immerse themselves in BMX demos, skate stunts, mechanical surf waves, '90s mega mixes, street basketball, acrobatics, breaking, pop-up video game arcades, board games and LED fire twirling.</p> <p>DJ Aria will perform, but the highlight of the evening will be a 50-minute set from Australia’s top Aussie female DJ Tigerlily, (Dara Kristen Hayes) just back from a world tour.</p> <p><em>Night at the Museum, National Museum of Australia, August 30. </em></p> <p> </p> </body>