FAN PROJECTS

This page is a hub for large-scale fan works and collaborations. Zines, fan musicals, organized events, fan albums, and the like.

Are you part of a collaborative fan work or know of any that have not been archived here? If so, get in on the search!

Fan Sites and Archives

Archive of Our Own

FanFiction.net

The "natm" tag on Tumblr

Fanlore Entry

For the Love of Night at the Museum // [Internet Archive]

@natmarchivist on YouTube and TikTok

Collaborative Works

last edited: 19 may 2024

Evergreen Life Services Fundraiser: "Night at the Museum"

A charity event held on 16 May 2024 in Haughton, Louisiana where guests were encouraged to dress as characters from the films.


The Night at the Museum Fanzine

A charity fanzine celebrating the films released in July 2022. Over 8,000 Euros were raised via this zine.

While the zine itself is out of print, all its contents were made available digitally by their creators. The art is in the process of being backed up to the Fan Art Gallery; and the fics have all been archived to the Library page.

Link to the now sold out storefront.

Link to the project's Tumblr.

Link to the project's Twitter.

Link to the project's Instagram.


NatM Week

A fan week, where each day has a different prompt. Run by riv_styx.

NatM Week 2024 is held from February 12 to February 18!

The first week was hosted from February 13 to February 19 2023.

The first NATM Weekend was hosted from October 13 to October 15 2023. Check the prompt list here!

Link to the NatM Week Tumblr.

Link to the NatM Week 2023 Collection on Archive of Our Own.


"Night at the Natural History Museum"

An improv musical made in 2019 by the Off Book Podcast, being its 83rd Episode. With Janet Varney, Steve Berg, and the hosts Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino (The Zach and the Jess).

Link to the musical's description on Earwolf.

Link to the musical itself on Art19. (Runtime 1hr4min)


The Night At The Museum Big Bang

A Big Bang is a fandom event where fans collaborate to write long-form stories, often accompanied with artwork. The summer of 2015 was the time when NatM got one! The stories written had a 10k minimum. The entries have been archived to the Library page. The event itself is archived here.


Juventud Vibra - Night at the Museum Live Spectacular

Juventud Libra is a talent competition hosted in Puerto Rico. In 2010, the group from the Barceloneta School of Fine Arts won 2nd Place for Dance, and the Special Awards for Best Set Design and Best Concept Realization. Produced and choreographed by Luis Candelario and Robert Cabrera, costumes by Carmen Rivera, costumes by Idalina Rodríguez and Daniel Bonet, and scenography by Edwin Reyes, Frank Martínez, Carlos Amador and the BSoFA Scenography Workshop. Performance was hosted at Museum Live, a venue in Buenos Aires.

Individual Works

last edited: 5 july 2024

Jed and Octavius Shimejis

Created by фикус (aka Frankie). Shimejis are little desktop toys that can walk around on your PC. Currently in beta 1.0.

Frankie's Blog // Mediafire // Mirror


LEGO Set Suggestion

legoideas.com allows people to submit ideas for potential LEGO sets. User CARLIERTI suggested a Night at the Museum LEGO set, and it has recieved over 10,000 votes - the minimum to see it reviewed by LEGO. Unfortunately, it was rejected, likely due to licensing and copyright issues. The films themselves had similar issues - the AMNH could only be seen in a few scenes due to the building's architecture being under copyright. The set will live on in our hearts, and hopefully we can make it with our own LEGO pieces. Check it out here!


Nita Furlong's Halloween Yard

In 2018, the artist Nina Furlong made her yard themed around NatM and BotS! The gallery below is all the images posted to her gallery, which is still available on Pinterest.

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Fan Essays

Ahk & Family Names

A project by YDraigAur, translating Ahkmenrah's family's names to see what they mean in Egyptian.

Click here for the updated version or here for the January 2024 mirror.

Shipper's Manifesto

An essay written in 2009 by alison_swift. Read it here! [IA Backup]


Fan Games

Swing and Set: Night at the Museum: A tile swap game created by 123Peppy. Playable through the Flashpoint Archive.

Animal Crossing New Horizons Custom Designs: Some custom designs for ACNH!

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Other Works

Parodies

Robot Chicken: Season 5, Episode 7 of Robot Chicken had a segment called "Another Night in the Museum?". Not yet found, but does exist. This parody is in very poor taste, being a Holocaust joke. Yes. Seriously. It doesn't help that Adult Swim is just down the road from the Holocaust Museum in Atlanta. Not really an active search, but... if you have it, send it my way.

Night at the Erotic Museum: This is an adult parody filmed by Pink Velvet and Smash Pictures, starring Riley Reid. It takes place at the Erotic Heritage Museum in Las Vegas, and has historical figures from adult content throughout history, including actors and accurate information.
Admin: I worked in an adult store and double-checked all of the info seen in the film. It's accurate. Archivism was a mistake.