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Smithsonian Sleepovers are back!

Smithsonian Associates is excited to announce that Smithsonian Sleepovers are returning to the National Museum of Natural History this summer! We wanted to offer current Smithsonian volunteers the first chance to volunteer for this fun event.

Kids and volunteers laugh as they dip their hands into buckets full of ice

2023 Smithsonian Sleepover volunteers helping out at an activity booth. (Photo courtesy Michele Welker, Smithsonian Associates)

All adventures will take place at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. Arrival time is 6:00 p.m. and the event concludes at 11 p.m.

Please note: volunteers will not be spending the night at the museum.

Volunteers will have fun as an Activities Leader at this scavenger-hunt style event. With a fellow volunteer, they will facilitate a game, craft, relay race or another creative activity at a stop along the route. Orientation is provided.

Participants in the Smithsonian Sleepovers are kids ages 8 to 14 with their chaperoning adults.

There are six summertime dates available:

Friday, June 14
Friday, June 28
Saturday, July 13
Saturday, July 27
Friday, August 2
Saturday, August 10

2023 Smithsonian Sleepover Volunteers at the National Museum of Natural History. (Photo Courtesy of Michelle Welker, Smithsonian Associates.)

If you are interested in volunteering, log into your VSys profile, navigate to “Find Opportunities” then select “New Opportunities” and scroll down to the Smithsonian Sleepovers Opportunity to apply.

Please share this link with others who may be interested in volunteering. We would love to have your friends, family, neighbors and others join us this summer! Volunteers must be 18 years or older.