FAMILIES /KIDS SPEND THE "NIGHT AT THE ADIRONDACK MUSEUM"

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Camp Out for Families: An Overnight at the Adirondack Museum


Join the Adirondack Museum and the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts for a fun-filled night July 8-9, 2001. See the exhibits by lantern, get dramatic about Adirondack history, hear songs and stories by the campfire, and have a sleepover in the Woods and Waters exhibit.
For families with children ages 7 - 13; 1 adult chaperone requested for every 1 to 4 children. 
Program starts at 5:30 p.m. and ends the following morning at 9:30 a.m.
Pre-registration required.
Call or email to register:
jrubin@adkmuseum.org or (518) 352 - 7311 ext 115
mhall@adkmuseum.org or (518) 352 - 7311 ext 128
Fee includes dinner, evening snack, light breakfast, and all activity materials.
$45 per person for Adirondack Museum members and Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts members;
$55 per person for non-members

all content and photos © Diane Chase, author of Adirondack Family Time: Tri-Lakes &  High Peaks:Your Four-Season Guide to Over 300 Activities (with GPS coordinates) available online or bookstores/museums. Diane is currently working on the second guidebook and app in the four book series of Adirondack Family Activities. 

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