You may want to contact the education department at the National
Building Museum in Washington, DC. If memory serves, they did a
camp-in for girl scouts last summer.

Denise D. Meringolo
American Studies, The George Washington University
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"A.Ferszt" <[log in to unmask]> 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