June 6, 2008

Summer dates added for all-night museum sleepovers

New dates have been added for the very popular sleepovers at the American Museum of Natural History.

This weekend's sleepover -- along with the June 20 event -- long ago sold out, but the new open dates are set for four Fridays this summer: July 11, July 25, August 8 and August 15.

The price is $129 per person and that gets you a cot under the museum's famous 94-foot-long blue whale, or next to the Alaskan brown bear, or at the base of a volcanic formation. You need to bring your own sleeping bag and pillow.

It also comes with admission to the IMAX film, live-animal special exhibition and fossil exploration by flashlight. Plus an evening snack and light breakfast.

The sleepovers are only open to kids 8- to 12-years old, but one adult is required for every one to three children.

The Bronx Zoo also does a couple Family Overnight Safaris during the summer -- you bring your own tent for that one -- but the June 14 event has filled up and there's a waitlist for September 20.

The Central Park Zoo hopes to resume its Snooze in the Zoo program in fall, but no dates are scheduled for this summer, a spokesperson told NewYorkology.

Image source: American Museum of Natural History.

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June 6, 2008 12:30 PM in Kids, Museums, Sightsology, Upper West Side

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