Welcome to the 24 Hour Museum news in brief page for the week ending May 25 2008. This page is updated every weekday.

Creswell Crags Museum came alive on the night of Saturday May 17 with a special Ice Age demo event showing how prehistoric man would have survived; part of Museums and Galleries Month 2008, on the theme of innovation.

Designed by Christopher Wren, the Old Royal Naval College has played a key role in both the history of Greenwich and Britain.

The historic laws which govern British mining were explored during an informative evening at the Peak District Mining Museum on Thursday May 15 2008.