Family Museum Sleepovers

Sleepovers are designed for kids 6 to 12 or 8 to 17 (see itinerary) and their accompanying parent/carer.  

Where possible, children will be grouped according to age. Please ensure a consent form is completed for each child attending so they are grouped correctly. 

Siblings will be grouped together unless otherwise requested by their parents/guardians. 

When available, you'll need to purchase a ticket online from this page. Tickets are subject to terms and conditions.

Each adult can be accompanied by up to three children.

If you have two or more adults accompanying a larger group, each set of tickets must be purchased separately, but you can let us know that you wish to be in the same group by indicating this on your consent form.

Please note, children can't attend without an adult present.

Please note, cancellations of tickets must occur fourteen (14) days prior to the event. Please contact us at 13 11 02 if you have any queries about your tickets.  

We'll need the child's legal guardian to fill in a consent form which will need to be sent with the booking confirmation.

The child's legal guardian must complete this before the event.

Our event partner, Ecosa will provide mattresses in single size with a mattress protector for you to sleep on. Eye mask for adult guests will be available to take home.

You and the attendees within your party will be placed in an assigned sleeping area in the Dinosaur Walk on the ground floor.

Staff will be stationed at entrances/exits to provide assistance.

No. We do not allow guests to bring alcohol into the Museum.

No alcohol or outside food is to be brought on site by visitors, but we do ask that you bring a bottle of water for the night. We will be catering for a snack and breakfast so there should be no need to bring food/drink.

To make everyone’s evening enjoyable, we ask that guests follow these rules:

• Running and yelling are not permitted in the Museum.
• Accompanying adults must stay with their children throughout the entire event. They are responsible for the behavior of their group.
• Guests are not permitted to play on stairways or lifts and are expected to be courteous.
• Guests may not visit areas of the Museum that are off-limits.
• Inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated.
• Alcohol is not allowed during sleepovers. Violators will be asked to leave.
• Mobile phones should be put on vibrate or silent mode.
• Respect your fellow attendees.

The Museum closes to the public from 5pm and re-opens for the sleepover event at 6pm. Registration will begin at 6:15pm. Before that time, you will be asked to wait outside the Museum entrance.

You can enter the Museum using the main entrance between Nicholson St and Rathdowne St.

Please bring your booking confirmation with you on the night.

During registration, you will be placed into a group where you'll meet your group leader and see where you'll be sleeping.

Attendees will remain in these groups throughout the evening.

Everything you need to know about getting tot the Melbourne Museum can be found in our Getting here and parking page.

Everyone can sleep soundly, close to their friends and family. We have a maximum of 50 guests sleeping over, so it is easy for a trained security guard and Museum Duty Manager to oversee everyone's safety and ensure all have the best time.

Terms and conditions for the Family Sleepover for ages 5 – 12 and ages 8 – 16 can be found here.