Columbus Science Museum (COSI) started doing Camp-Ins in the mid 70s'.
Many museum in the Chicago area offer Camp-Ins, The Field, Shedd, Museum of
Science and Industry, to a variety of audiences.



At 02:38 PM 7/7/1998 -0700, A.Ferszt wrote:
>James McCabe wrote:
>>
>> Henry Ford Museum is developing a camp-in program.  This consists of a
>> variety of evening activities around the Museum, followed by a sleep over
>> on the museum floor.  The program is being developed to accomodate about
>> 200 kids and chaperones (at a roughly 1 to 10 ratio).  The target
>> audience right now are girl scout troops and the like.
>>
>> We would be interested in hearing what the experience of others who have
>> done this type of program has been.  What makes them successful, what are
>> the potential pitfalls, and so on.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jim McCabe
>> Collections Management & Care
>> Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village
>> Dearborn, MI 48121
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>
>The Science Museum in London has been doing sleep-overs for several
>years. Normally they are meant for children (aged 8--11), but recently
>there has been one for women only (partly sponsored by the MRC).
>
>Here is the programme for the women's science night (I didn't attend):
>
>18:45--20:00 registration and gallery activities (talks, object handling
>etc)
>20:00--20:55 hands-on workshop (the dynamics of DNA/or brain workshop)
>20:55--21:35 drama (story of radium and Marie Curie/ or Lucy Benson, a
>1950s American mechanic)
>22:15--23:00 hands-on workshop (as above)
>23:00--00:30 midnight snack (provided by the Museum) and gallery
>activities
>01:00        lights out
>
>07:00        wake-up call, lights on
>07:30--08:00 breakfast (provided by Museum)
>08:00--09:30 Launch Pad, Flight Lab (interactive galleries) and gallery
>activities
>09:30--10:00 prize giving (I think for puzzle solving and mystery object
>identification)
>10:00        Normal Museum opening, participants can stay on
>
>See our Website for more information:  http:\\www.nmsi.ac.uk
>
>
Julie Collins
Curator of Education
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
Northwestern University
1967 South Campus Drive
Evanston, Il 60208
Tel. (847)491-4852
Fax  (847)467-4609
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http://www.nwu.edu/museum/