Camp-Ins

Perfect for school, scouting, home school, youth, and church groups. Plan an OMSI Camp-In for team building, an end-of-the-year celebration, or just for fun! In the museum or on the submarine, it’s guaranteed to be a unique camping experience that’s warm, safe, dry, and exciting—any time of year!

Download Our Complete Educator Resource Guide: 2011–2012 OMSI Educator Resource Guide (PDF)
For more information or to register: Call: 503.797.4661 Email: register@omsi.edu

Museum Camp-In

Price $42.00 (PER PERSON)
Experience the amazing authority of Mother Nature at OMSI! Learn how natural disasters form and occur, and how they directly affect the environment and world we live in. Create your own tornado, sculpt a volcano, and experience the full power of flooding up close! Activities are aligned with state content standards for science and provide plenty of opportunity for team building and problem solving. We ask that all groups provide at least a 1:5 adult to child ratio.

Museum Camp-Ins include: dinner, snack, and continental breakfast; plus an OMNIMAX movie, submarine tour and museum admission for use the following day.

NOTE: Available for Grades 3–8. The camp-in lasts from 4:30pm–9:30am the following day.
Available 2012 Dates*
January N/A
February N/A
March 8, 15
April 5, 12, 19, 26
May 2, 3, 9, 17, 23, 24
June 6, 7
July N/A
August N/A
September TBD
October TBD
November TBD
December TBD

*More dates may be added. Call for availability.

Submarine Camp-In

Price $55.00 (PER PERSON)
OMSI's USS Blueback, a retired U.S. Navy submarine, is open for sleepovers! Learn about sonar, navigation, buoyancy, and propulsion systems; peer through the periscope; explore the torpedo room; and sleep in the crew's quarters. We ask that all groups provide at least a 1:5 adult to child ratio.

Submarine Camp-Ins include: snack, continental breakfast, a planetarium show or lab experience, and museum admission for the following day.

NOTE: Available for Grades 3–12. The camp-in lasts from 5:30pm–9:30am the following day.
Available 2012 Dates*
January
February 18
March 2, 9
April 13, 14, 20
May 18, 19, 25, 26
June 1, 2
July N/A
August N/A
September TBD
October TBD
November TBD
December TBD
*More dates may be added. Call for availability.

Hostels

Price $20.00 (PER PERSON WITH SNACK & BREAKFAST)
$15.00 (PER PERSON WITHOUT MEALS)
Do you need another night in Portland to see all the sights? Join us for a hostel at OMSI. Standard hostels include reserved overnight sleeping space only.

When you register, ask about adding activities to your hostel, such as museum admission, OMNIMAX movies, planetarium shows, submarine tours, and reserved labs.

Note: Available for Grades 3– 12 on Tuesday through Saturday nights by arrangement.

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