Night at the Museum is a 2006 American fantasy adventure-comedy movie. It is based on the 1993 children's book of the same name by Milan Trenc.
It stars Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs, Jake Cherry, Ricky Gervais, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, and Robin Williams.
This is the first movie in the movie series. Night at the Museum was followed by a sequel titled Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, which was released on May 22, 2009 and the third movie Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb will be released on December 19, 2014.