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 [log in to unmask] "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 >> [log in to unmask] >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