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Article: Sleeping with the dinosaurs; Our reporter lives out a childhood fantasy by spending the night in New York City's Museum of Natural History.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- December 22, 2006
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Byline: Teresa M㩮ez Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
NEW YORK -- It's possible that a few children here have read "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler," that 1967 E.L. Konigsburg classic tale of stowing away in the expansive marble confines of a museum. Let me tell you, the actual experience of sleeping in a museum is better than any childhood fantasy - even for an adult.
Tonight, the grandfather of natural science museums is relaunching its first sleepover program since 1988. Once the doors have closed to the public and the last visitor has been ushered out, 250 guests will remain behind to spend a night in this ...