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Three smiling young girls lying on a mattress with sleeping bags, inside a museum, next to a dinosaur skeleton.
18 – 26 Sep

Family Museum Sleepovers

  • Family and kids
  • Entertainment

Sleep among the dinosaurs for a once in a lifetime prehistoric adventure and explore the Museum after dark in this unique overnight experience at Melbourne Museum. You’ll also slumber in modern-day comfort on dreamy ergonomic mattresses provided by event partner, Ecosa.

Kick start your immersive museum sleepover experience with a screening of 'Night at the Museum', with Larry, a night security guard at the Museum of Natural History, as he gets some help from the exhibits who come alive at night to foil a robbery attempt of a magic tablet and proves that he is not a loser.

After the film, enjoy exclusive torchlight tours of Dinosaur Walk and Our Wondrous Planet exhibition where you will come face-to-face with animals from around the world.

Wake to a delicious breakfast and an early morning Baby Triceratops meet and greet before heading off to spend the day exploring the Museum.

Hours

Date Times
Fri 18 Sep
  • 6pm - 9am 6:00pm - 9:00am
Sat 19 Sep
  • 6pm - 9am 6:00pm - 9:00am
Fri 25 Sep
  • 6pm - 9am 6:00pm - 9:00am
Sat 26 Sep
  • 6pm - 9am 6:00pm - 9:00am

Location

Melbourne Museum
11 Nicholson St
Carlton 3053

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Price and bookings

Adult / general $265
Children $245
Book online for Family Museum Sleepovers

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A dark interior space, with smoky purple rounds of light, silhouettes of people's arms pushing into these open spaces.
Until 30 Sep

Imaginator

An immersive experience that celebrates imagination, technology and play.

  • Family and kids
  • Entertainment
A solar eclipse, with light emerging around the edges of the blacked-out sun.
Until 15 Nov

Solar Tours

Come and experience the wonders of the Sun at the historic Melbourne Observatory.

  • Family and kids
  • Entertainment
An illustration of Ned Kelly in his armour at night with the Melbourne skyline in the background and a crescent moon.
19 Sep – 4 Oct

Ned Kelly's Treasure Escape Room

Crack the code and solve this escape room puzzle.

  • Family and kids
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A person dressed as a pirate in a red coat shaking hands with a child wearing a head scarf aboard an old sailing ship.
20 Sep

Pirate Day at Polly Woodside

Come along and experience the pirate life aboard Melbourne's tall ship.

  • Family and kids
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The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future. For more information, visit Aboriginal Melbourne.

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