*Cancelled* Halloween Sleepover

Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled. We apologise for any disappointment caused. If you have booked tickets, we will contact you shortly to arrange your refund.

Time

5pm, Friday 30 October - 10am, Saturday 31 October.

Price

£85 (+ booking fee) per person. Booking essential. 

Suitable for adults and children aged 6-12. 

For safeguarding every two children must be accompanied by at least one adult for the whole event. Everyone attending the event needs to book a separate ticket, all tickets are £85 (+ booking fee) per person.

Groups will be allocated a sleeping space on arrival at the museum so if you are planning to visit as a group please book under one name for all people in your party.

A unique opportunity to spend a night in your favourite museum.  

The evening will be full of exciting activities including creepy crafts, a terrifying trail, spooky story time, phantom forest school, dungeon disco and a delicious hot buffet beastly feast for teatime. 

Then it's time for stories and bedtime amongst the museum objects, dream of ancient worlds, deep sea adventures with a narwhal or swinging through the rainforest with a family of orangutans.

After a night of museum slumber wake up to a relaxing morning planetarium show and a tasty hot breakfast buffet, juice and lots of coffee for the adults!

Depart from the museum by 10am.

Download our Sleepover Rules PDF (255 KB).

What is included:

• Dinner and breakfast buffet, with drinks
• All activities
• A sleeping zone allocated on arrival

What you will need to bring:

• Sleeping mat (not an airbed)
• Sleeping bag
• A pillow
• A torch
• Toiletries
• Extra water, if you think you'll need more than what's provided

Teatime buffet menu:

• Margherita pizza
• Vegan Margherita pizza
• Gluten Free Margherita pizza
• Pepperoni pizza
• Potato wedges with ketchup/mayonnaise
• Vegetable sticks
• Orange Juice
• Water

Breakfast buffet menu:

• Sausage sandwiches (gluten free bread available on request)
• Bacon sandwiches (gluten free bread available on request)
• Fruit
• Pastries
• Tea
• Coffee
• Orange juice
• Water

Running order:

• 5pm: arrival at the museum, find sleeping spots and set up camp
• 5.30pm: activities start in designated activity spaces until 9pm
• 6pm - 7pm: tea served in Hall 2
• 10pm: Storytime
• 10.30pm - 11pm: getting ready for bed
• 11pm: Lights out
• 6.30am: wake up and start packing up, Planetarium shows will run every half hour from 6.30am until 8.30am
• 7am: Breakfast buffet until 8am
• 9.30am: Packed up ready to leave
• 10am: Depart the museum

Evening activities - choose from this list of optional activities:

• Lush bath product making 
• Mosstroopers roving storytelling 
• Forest School  
• Planetarium show  
• Halloween trail 
• Fancy dress disco  
• Games 
• Craft activity  
• Colouring zone