While the City Museum is a child’s playground by day, it turns into a young adult hangout at night. On Fridays and Saturdays, the Museum turns off the lights after dark and stays open until 12 a.m.

“It was kind of scary and creepy, but it was still a lot of fun,” junior Katie Proebsting said. “You can feel like a little kid again.”

These nightly antics also come at a discounted rate. Visitors who arrive at the Museum after 5 p.m. pay only $10, as opposed to the regular $12 rate. Teenage visitors should note that anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult and remember- bring a flashlight.

“It was cool to go through the tunnels in the dark,” senior Lauren Ochs said. “If you don’t have a light, you can’t tell where you are going.”

Few children and families roam these dark tunnels in the evening. This is why City Museum employee Adam Dresden enjoys working the night shift.

“You can converse with the older crowd more, as opposed to parents who ask you ‘Where’s the bathroom?’ when they’re standing right next to it,” Dresden said. “They joke with you more.”

Dresden also says that crazier things happen in the Museum after dark. Problems result less from injured children and more from adventurous adults.

“You find people in really obscure places they shouldn’t be,” Dresden said. “We found one adult on the cabin roof, just sitting up there, not sure how to get down.”

With incidents such as this, Dresden considers the City Museum a unique environment after dark. He recommends it to anyone looking for something active to do.

“It’s a lot of safe, good, clean fun,” Ochs said. “If you go with a lot of close friends, you’ll have fun. It’s really a thing all high schoolers should do.”