Adventure Aquarium, Camden NJ
The Adventure Aquarium offers an overnight camp-in called "Deep Sleep 2014, Rock-A-Bye Lobster".  Spend the evening with the New Jersey Academy of Aquatic Sciences at Adventure Aquarium learning about baby animals and how the moms and dads of the aquatic world take care of their young.  The overnight adventure includes a scavenger hunt, free exploration time (including touch tanks), a visit to the shark realm, a behind the scenes tour, sleeping throughout the aquarium, a morning visit to the African River Experience and a light dinner and continental breakfast.  The program runs from 6:00 pm to 9:30 am and is open to kids ages 6-12.  For pricing and registration information call 856-361-1018.

Battleship New Jersey, Camden NJ
Spend the night on the legendary Battleship New Jersey.  This fun-filled adventure teaches kids what it's like to be a real sailor--complete with meals in the mess hall and sleeping in real bunks.  Campers can enter the ships gun turrets, visit the combat engagement center, participate in a simulated missile launch and tour the captains cabin.  Kids, ages 6 and up, will love exploring the ship by climbing up and down the ships original ladders and companionways.  For prices and more information, call 1-866-877-6262 ext. 203.

Garden State Discovery Museum, Cherry Hill, NJ
The Garden State Discovery Museum offers the "Ultimate Slumber Party" which allows kids to sleep over at the museum and engage in a variety of activities.  Kids can explore the museum, watch a movie marathon, sing karaoke and get a mani-pedi.  Party-goers will enjoy curling up in Storybook Castle or stargazing in the "Into the Night" exhibit.  The slumber parties run from 8:00 pm to 8:00 am and include a midnight snack and breakfast.  Call 856-424-1233 ext. 305 for details.

Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, NJ
Spend the night at the Liberty Science Center and explore its many hands-on exhibits.  Children, ages 6-13, can spend the night watching a movie in the Imax theater, solving a mystery or checking out the famous pitch black Touch Tunnel Maze.  Your overnight stay includes an evening snack and light breakfast, a vivid 3D film in the Joseph D. Williams Science Theater, sleeping among the exhibitions and all day admission after your camp-in.  To make reservations, or get more information, call 201-253-1310.

Nearby New Jersey

Night Flight at the Philadelphia Zoo, Philadelphia NJ
The zoo's most popular overnight, chock full of fun and adventure, Night Flight is a program built for groups with children ages 5-12.  Night Flighters hike the zoo in the dark, meet an animal keeper and more.  Evening snack, continental breakfast, commemorative Philadelphia Zoo patch, Night Flight souvenir and admission to the zoo the following day is included.  For more information, call 215-243-5353.

Operation Slumber, Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, New York, NY
Operation Slumber teaches kids what it is really like to live, eat and sleep on an aircraft carrier.  Campers take a guided flashlight tour of the flight deck, explore the hangar deck, search for treasure during a special scavenger hunt and ride in the XD theater.  A 10:00 pm movie is followed by lights out at 11:45 pm as everyone sleeps on the hangar deck.  To make reservations, call 646-381-5010.

Night at the Museum, Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
A Night at the Museum, the American Museum of Natural History's wildly popular sleepover experience, is as popular as ever.  As the doors close and the lights dim, you and your friends will head out with flashlights in search of a variety of adventures.  Campers can climb the stairs and enter the Age of Dinosaurs, meet their relatives at the Hall of Human Origins and explore live animal exhibitions with knowledgeable Museum docents.  As the night comes to a close, settle in beneath the 94 foot blue whale and fall asleep in the darkened halls of one of the worlds most beloved museums.  Dates book up quickly, so reservations generally have to be made well in advance.  Call 212-769-5200 for more information.