Is The Movie Night At The Museum Real? Night At The Museum is amazingly based on a true story! There was indeed a museum where the exhibits came to life at night. However, liberties were taken to hide the truth under the Supernatural Secrecy Pact. In Night At The Museum, The Golden Tablet of Pharaoh Ahkmenrah had mystical powers responsible for breathing life into the inanimate historical figures at the museum. In reality the Pharaoh Ahkmenrah nor his...