BUSINESS is booming at the Perth Museum and Art Gallery after the successful launch of its first Museum Late events, starting with a Party with the Picts.

Visitors packed into the venue to go face-to-face with Scotland’s Pictish past using the latest in gaming and digital technology. The event was hailed a “historic success”.

Featuring a DJ, performances from Perth-based Adventure Circus and free beer on entry, the event was based on late-night museum concepts popular in the likes of London, Berlin and Edinburgh.

The first Museum Late also launched Perth Museum and Art Gallery’s ground-breaking summer exhibition, Picts and Pixels. Highlights include a reconstruction of Moredun Top Hill Fort in Perth which visitors can “fly through” and explore, a 2D facial reconstruction of the face of a Pict, and virtual reconstructions of a set of traditional Pict-era exhibits.

There are also digital workshops for young people.