Nature Nightzzzzz Family Overnight

Saturday to Sunday, April 2 to 3, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 a.m.

Don’t miss this first-ever family overnighter! Enjoy science programs, games, and activities for the whole family! Slide into slime, dig into dung! Bounce into blood, power into puke! It’s all gross, it’s all night, and it’s all only at the Notebaert Nature Museum! Recommended for families with children ages 6 to 12 (must be at least 6 years old to attend). Space is limited! $40 per person (Museum members), $50 per person (non-members). Includes admission to the Museum, participation in all programs, materials, evening snacks, and a light breakfast. Pre-registration is required. Call 773-755-5191, press 4, or download and mail/fax registration form (Adobe Acrobat 5+ Reader Required).

 

Need more info? Call 773-755-5191, press 4; e-mail us at familyovernight(at)naturemuseum.org. And, check out Nature Nightzzzzz FAQ (Adobe Acrobat 5+ Reader Required).

Nature Nightzzzzz Highlightzzzzz

Expanded Gross Animal Pageant

All new animal contestants doing disgusting things!

 

Gross Obstacle Course

Don’t toss your cookies working your way through this obstacle course: roll dung balls, protect turkey vulture eggs with projectile vomit, invade intestines with tapeworms, and much more!

 

Slime-Makers Races

Root a real snail or slug of your choice to race across nails, coins and other obstacles.  Will your slime-maker win?

 

Scat-venger Hunts

Become a detective!  Decipher the “clues” left in our Wilderness Walk to determine what animals have been there!

 

Dissect Vomit:

Just what did that owl eat?  Find out by dissecting an owl pellet: the undigested bones, fur and claws of an owl’s meal – coughed-up right out of the owl’s stomach!

 

Millipede Conga Line

Join our thousand-leg (and arm) conga line lead by Malcolm the Pooping Parrot!

 

Craft activities to take home!

Mold poop soap for your bathroom and serve your parents edible vomit! 

 

Live animals

Meet the animals that live here at the Museum and see some of the gross things they’ve left in their tanks for us to clean!

 

PLUS MUCH MORE!!!

Make blood and slime, explore exhibits including Animal Grossology, visit the Nature Museum Shop!