The Long Night of Museums (), or the Night of Museums, and, since 2005, the European Night of Museums, is a cultural event in which museums and cultural institutions to remain open late into the night to introduce themselves to new potential patrons. Visitors are given a common entrance pass which grants them access to all exhibits as well as complimentary public transportation within the area. The first took place in Berlin in 1997. The concept was very well received. In 2005 the Council of Europe, UNESCO and the International Council of Museums joined to promote this event with the goal of improving access to culture. Museum Night takes place on the third Saturday of May. Most recently in 2021, some 1200 museums in 120 cities throughout Europe, as well as other nations including Argentina and the Philippines, welcomed nearly 2 million visitors to their collections. Participants Europe in Berlin and other cities of Germany including Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Munich, Hamburg, Kassel and Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen in Paris, and La Nuit des Musées in France event in Amsterdam, Netherlands Coordinated long nights in Austria, Italy and Liechtenstein, organized by ORF In Switzerland long nights have taken place in Basel, Bern, Lucerne, St. Gallen and Zürich. Some are also organized in Lausanne, Fribourg and Geneva. in Poland, where the first edition took place in 2003 in Poznań in the Poznań National Museum; now over 150 cities and towns take a part in this event. in Hungary "Night of museums and galleries" in Bulgaria, "The Night" has become a successful cultural product - emblematic for Sofia and Plovdiv - that attracts tens of thousands of visitors. Museums at Night in the UK, including museums in Great Yarmouth in Barcelona, Spain Museum Night Fever in Brussels, Belgium in Croatia, since 2005, where admission fees to all venues are waived for the night. in Prague, Czech Republic in Georgia, since 2015 in Lithuania, since 2005 in Russia, in Romania, / in Serbia, since 2005 in Latvia, since 2005 in Armenia, since 2005 in Tampere, Finland, since 2008 in Estonia, since 2009 in Slovakia in Ukraine, since 2009 / in Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, since 2006 Latin in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where first edition took place in 2004. Since then, the number of museums and "barrios" (neighbourhoods) participating in the event has risen considerably. The 2013 edition featured 189 museums and cultural institutions that