Through most of the 1980s, and early 1990s,
Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute
of Popular Science [then also known as Buhl Science
Center] offered quite a few sleepovers or
"overnighters" as they were called [usually, the
children only got a few hours of sleep], primarily for
groups such as boy scouts, girl scouts, camp fire
boys, camp fire girls, etc. My understanding is that
Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center continues that
policy.
It depends on how large a building you have, regarding
the cost of keeping the building open all night. With
a 40,000 square-foot building, it did not cost as much
to keep the original Buhl Planetarium building open
for such special events. At that time, the facilities
director said that it cost only about $100 per hour
[not including staff costs] to keep the building open
to the public. Of course costs would be higher today,
and higher still if you have a much larger building.
Of course, the primary way to make such a program
affordable is to have a good volunteer program.
Although volunteers had always helped at Buhl
Planetarium since the building's opening in 1939, a
comprehensive volunteer program was started in 1983.
Overnighters could not have been implemented without a
great deal of volunteer assistance.
gaw
--- Martha Griffin Kolbe <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 17:28:50 -0600
From: "Martha Griffin Kolbe" <[log in to unmask]> Add to
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] sleepovers
To: [log in to unmask]
We are looking into the possibility of offering
sleepovers at the Museum as a revenue generating
program. Do you know of successful models in science
centers? We would like to contact a few places who can
help us understand if the registration fees will cover
all of the expenses it will take to run the program -
salary, program development and supplies, keeping the
building open, etc.
Also, we want to know what others are charging per
person, what activities are offered, and other program
parameters.
Thanks!
Martha Griffin Kolbe
Associate Director
Education and Programs
John P. McGovern Museum
of Health & Medical Science
1515 Hermann Drive
Houston, TX 77004
713-942-7054 x119
fax: 713-942-7055
gaw
Glenn A. Walsh
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Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
* Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh:
< http://www.planetarium.cc >
* Adler Planetarium, Chicago:
< http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Astronomer & Optician John A. Brashear:
< http://johnbrashear.tripod.com >
* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries:
< http://www.andrewcarnegie.cc >
* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh:
< http://www.incline.cc >
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