September 25, 2006
Sleepovers at the Natural History Museum, oh my!
 Take that, Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler kids.
The American Museum of Natural History next month will begin allowing all-night sleepovers, allowing kids (ages 8 through 12,) to roam the halls with flashlights and roll out the their sleeping bags and close their eyes - if they can.
Here's the museum's pitch:
As the doors close and the lights dim, you and your family or group will head out with flashlights in search of adventure. Find yourselves in the Hall of North American Mammals, staring down a herd of wild buffalo. Climb some stairs and you're in the Age of the Dinosaurs, standing beneath a 65-million-year-old T. rex. Travel to the outer reaches of the cosmos in the Hayden Planetarium, where you'll witness entire galaxies collide. As the night comes to a magical close, settle down in the serene Milstein Hall of Ocean Life and sleep directly beneath the 94-foot-long blue whale or in front of a favorite seascape diorama. The first two sleepovers, on October 20 and November 19, are priced at a 20 percent discount from the regular rate of $79 per person. Other AMNH museum sleepovers are scheduled for January 13 and 19; February 9; March 10 and 23; April 20 and 28; May 18; and June 22.
The price is a real bargain considering the Bronx Zoo sleepover starts at $4,500 per group and FAO Schwarz charges $25,000 for a private sleepover.
September 25, 2006 07:12 AM in Kids, Museums
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