Bridget McManus, ‘I had no idea’: The ABC quiz show asking the questions you may not want the answers to, The Age, 21 February 2026
As the 2006 film Night at the Museum movies taught us, funny things can happen in museums after dark. That’s certainly the case at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in Hobart, where ABC comedy panel show Tonight at the Museum is filmed – at night – in front of a live audience. The exhibits don’t spring to life under a spell cast by Egyptian artefact, but there are plenty of laughs as comedian and lifelong museum lover Alex Lee oversees guessing games and treasure hunts.
“There is something special about being in a museum at nighttime”, says Lee, who is making her solo hosting debut. “It feels like you’re creeping around and being naughty, and it is spooky with all the dinosaur skeletons and old artworks. We wanted to have that sense of fun and childlike wonder and curiosity.”