At 12:03 AM 12/20/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:38:54 -0800
>From: Jessica Ruskin <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: camp-in programs
>
>I am wondering if any small museums offer camp-in programs. I have heard of
>programs at larger museums that serve up to 600 people during one camp-in.
>We have about 3000 square feet and wonder if anyone out there of comparable
>size runs such programs. If so, how many people do you have in one night?
>What facility needs are involved with such a program (e.g. kitchen,
>catering services, etc.)? Any information would be great!
>
>Thank you,
>Jessica Ruskin
>Program Director
>
>Explorit Science Center
>3141 5th Street
>P.O. Box 1288
>Davis, CA 95617
>(530) 756-0191
>FAX (530) 756-1227
>http://www.explorit.org
>
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We have an "Overknight" program at the Higgins Armory Museum. The usual
clientele is Boy and Girl Scout troops who earn badges by participating. We
are not a large museum: I don't know our square footage. They start off
with a pizza party in our classroom (seats 45-60) where we have a sink,
refrig and coffeemaker. (They used to have a feast up in the Great Hall,
but not any more). Then an auditorium show and a tour of the museum. They
sleep in sleeping bags on the floor of our hands-on room (this requires
moving the chess tables and clothing racks out). Again, I don't have the
square footage. We require a 1-1 adult-child ratio. In the morning they get
up, have a breakfast of muffins and juice/milk, coffee, and then a shield
workshop. Oh, yeah, there's a scavenger hunt (printed sheet, find these
things associated with chivalry in the museum) tossed in. The hardest part
about the program, in terms of management used to be the setup and teardown
of the feast, but now it's simply finding consistent reliable staff for
that 9p-9a overnight shift. But it looks like that is nailed down now. We
cap the program participants at 80 (40 adults, 40 kids) but we typically
have 40-60 participants. We get the food for the program from a) a pizza
place and b) Sam's Club. Requires soda, juice, milk, coffee, and cups,
plates, plasticware. (They get salad with the pizza).
---Amy
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