Visiting museums during the day is, in itself, a enriching experience which offers the possibility of witnessing impressive scientific findings or admiring beautiful works of art. The tours are usually shared with the rest of the visitors who gather in order to learn about the history or cultural importance of the works on display. Now, live it evening It’s completely different.
These institutions allow small groups of people to spend a night surrounded by history, art and sciencewhich include everything from dinosaur fossils to “behind the scenes” of an important theater.
In that sense, the magazine National Geographic comments that “there are many ways for families to extend cultural fun beyond the normal daytime hours and into the evening, or even during it”, that is why he listed the 7 famous museums that open their doors to sleepovers and nighttime activities.
In this museum there are extensive fossil collections, which serve as a theme for the sleepovers that children from 7 to 11 years old can have there. The activities included in this experience are the personal creation of a dinosaur t-shirt, and a show led by a scientist. In addition, you can tour the entire property and its galleries in the dark, only illuminated by torchlight.
There is the option of obtaining a VIP entrance (which in his case is a play on words between a very important person and a very important paleontologist) that provides access to spending the night sleeping near the first complete specimen to be exhibited in the museum: Sophie the Stegosaurus.
From National Geographic explain the reasons for selecting this place: “NASA’s epic visitor center at Cape Canaveral, home to many of the space launches from the US, organizes overnight stays in two different, but equally exciting places: a defunct space orbiter called Space Shuttle Atlantis or the Apollo/Saturn V Center, where a Saturn V moon rocket is on display.”
They can attend children from 10 to 14 years old with a companion, and they will be able to participate in scavenger hunts and educational events that include science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) topics. It is the ideal place for people who are passionate about outer space.
In this museum there are technological and industrial exhibitions that perfectly reflect the capacity of human intelligence. To bring this knowledge to children (ages 7 to 11), she designed the experience Astronights. These are sleepovers inspired by science and space during which children, and their companions, will be able to appreciate the museum’s collections hours after it closes to the general public.
At night, before sleeping on a mat in one of the rooms of the large museum, workshops, shows, projections and more educational activities are held in its Wonderlab. It is the ideal opportunity for experience technological advances firsthand.
Spending the night at the British Museum in London is like travel in time. Its collections of historical artifacts from all corners of the world provide the perfect environment to experience “workshops, activities and stories help relive the past“, they comment from National Geographic.
These adventures are accessible to children ages 8 to 15 and their companions. After spending a few hours enjoying the museum, families can sleep in the Egyptian and Assyrian galleries “surrounded by kings and gods of the ancient world.” It also offers an unprecedented tour after breakfast and before the museum doors open to the public.
“As an alternative to the popular Natural History Museum experience in London, this Welsh venue invites children aged six to 12 to spend the night around its geology and natural history exhibits. It includes a torchlight tour, craft workshops inspired by fossils from the collection, and a bedtime movie. VIP ticket holders will also receive a visit from ‘Ranger Chris’ with one of his reptiles, time with a paleontologist and a look at the museum’s dinosaur bone store,” the magazine notes. National Geographic.
For lovers of theatre, dance and music, this night activity is perfect. People of all ages can enjoy spending a night and sleeping inside the beautiful building built in 1879 surrounded by the large chandeliers, the golden details of the building, and the beautiful paintings found on its walls.
The magazine highlights the activities that can be carried out at the Gran Teatro: “The stays include a tour of the building and its labyrinthine areas backstage, with a old time music soundtrack”.
A World War II aircraft carrier floats on the Hudson River in New York, offering a unique experience: Operation Slumber. Participants will be able to sleep between historical war elements from the United States.
The activity is suitable for families with children from 6 to 17 years old, who will have the opportunity to learn the conditions in which they should live, eat and sleep on a boat of such size. Included are a guided tour of the flight deck, Unlimited access to the flight simulator and a pop-up planetarium.
