Free Museum Admission
For the first time, Museum Day is open to the general public as well as Smithsonian magazine’s subscribers. On September 30, 2006, for one day only, museums across the country will join the Smithsonian Institution in its long-standing tradition of offering free admission to visitors. For a list of participating museums click here. This card is good for two people at any of the hundreds of participating museums!
GO TO THIS WEB LINK TO DOWNLOAD CARD:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/files/md_card.html
Restrictions
- General admission only
- Not valid for special exhibits, IMAX screenings or for use with any other offer.
- One time use on September 30, 2006.
- Some participating museums may already have a free admission policy year round and are participating in the “spirit” of the day.
Questions?
For answers to any questions, please contact museumday@si.edu.
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New York Post
DOZE WITH DINOS
By BILL SANDERSON
September 27, 2006
— Get your sleeping bag – some lucky New York kids will soon be able to see whether the exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History really do come alive at night.
Starting next month, the museum is offering $79-a-person sleepovers at the museum aimed at families and groups of children aged 8 to 12.
“Find yourselves in the hall of North American mammals, staring down a herd of wild buffalo,” the museum promises.
“Climb some stairs and you’re in the age of the dinosaurs, standing beneath a 65 million-year-old T. rex.”
And instead of going outdoors to see the stars, kids will be able to see them collide with loud bangs under the dome of the Hayden Planetarium.
The open question is whether at night everything in the museum’s numerous exhibit halls comes to life under the spell of a pharaoh’s tablet – as in “A Night at the Museum,” a Ben Stiller movie due out at Christmas.
In the family-oriented flick, Stiller, playing the role of a security guard, is chased down by a T. rex skeleton and takes on Lilliputian Wild West pioneers from a museum diorama.
When Stiller takes the job, an older colleague played by Dick Van Dyke ominously warns him: “Don’t let anything in – or out.”
Museum officials wouldn’t say yesterday what activities they have planned for the sleepovers scheduled for Oct. 20 and Nov. 18.
Those two events will be a trial run for a series of nine sleepovers scheduled for the first half of 2007, said spokesman Michael Walker.
Those attending will have to bring a sleeping bag, cot, pillows and whatever stuffed animals or teddy bears they want, Walker said. One adult chaperone will be required for every three children.
Children’s sleepovers have been popular at other museums.
The St. Louis Science Center has overnight programs for youth groups that include planetarium shows, science demonstrations, and scavenger hunts. A snack and breakfast are included. The Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas has a similar program,
In San Francisco, sleepovers are offered aboard the USS Pampanito, a restored World War II submarine operated as a museum.
bill.sanderson@nypost.com
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