There’s something about hanging out in a museum after dark (with a craft cocktail) that makes you feel a little rebellious. We’re used to visiting when we have the luxury of a day off, so learning something new after we’ve put in a full day at the home/office? That’s a different kind of fun. 

A unique experience for the after-work crowd is what the California Academy of Sciences had in mind when it launched NightLife in 2009 after it opened its new building in Golden Gate Park, says Jeanette Peach, the museum’s communications manager. 

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