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

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