Overnight Odyssey | Megafauna Meet Minifigures

Join the MAGNT Education team for a sleepover at MAGNT and make discoveries in the dark. Explore the natural science galleries by torchlight in search of megafauna and minifigures, undertake LEGO® inspired activities and watch a movie before heading to bed in the Discovery Centre. Goodnight Sweetheart!

Overnight stay 5:00pm Tuesday , 16 December to 9:00am Wednesday, 17 December 2025.

5:00pm | Registration, welcome and briefing in the Theatrette

5:20pm | Tour of Transformations - the changing nature of the territory exhibition

6:00pm | Activities in the Discovery Centre

7:00pm | Dinner in the MAGNT Entry Undercroft

7:30pm | Torch-light tour of the Museum

8:00pm | Movie screening

10:00pm| Bed time!

8:00am | Breakfast in the Museum Cafe

9:00am | Departure

Suitable for ages 6 to 14 | Free | Bookings essential | Children must be accompanied by an adult | A maximum of one adult per bookking | One adult is able to supervise a maximum of three children known to them.

Please book for the number of children AND adults attending.

Please cancel your booking if you are no longer able to make it to free up tickets for others.

Key Information

Arrive at MAGNT between 4:45pm and 5:00pm to register at the Information Desk.

All guests will be sleeping in the Discovery Centre. MAGNT will provide inflatable mattresses, inflatable pillows and clean bedlinen.

Dinner and breakfast will be provided.

MAGNT staff will have a basic first aid kit. Please bring any medication you require to maintain your personal health and safety.

After booking for this event, participants will be emailed with a Pre-visit Information Kit including a medical information form, which must be completed and returned a minimum of 48 hours prior to the event.

MAGNT Conditions of Entry

By entering MAGNT premises, each person agrees to be bound by the following Conditions of Entry:

• Visitors who show signs of being under the influence of alcohol, illicit drugs or other substances will be refused entry to MAGNT’s premises.

• Backpacks and bags longer or wider than 30cm on any one side are not permitted in the galleries and must be stowed in a locker or drawer behind the Information Desk.

• Water bottles are permitted inside the galleries providing they are tightly sealed.

Bottles of flavoured drinks, hot or cold take away drinks and food are not permitted. These items must be stowed before entering the galleries.

• Items including umbrellas, plant material and organic matter, including flowers and feathers, must be stowed before entering the galleries.

• Baby bags may be taken in providing they are no longer or wider than 30cm on any one side and are securely and unobtrusively attached to a pram or carried by the side of the parent or carer.

• Carrying small children on the shoulders and back is not permitted, unless the child is in a baby backpack.

• Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied and supervised by an adult at all times within the galleries.

• Visitors must not touch, or in any other way, interfere with artworks, objects or displays and please maintain a safe distance of 45cm from objects at all times.

• Guide dogs and accredited assistance animals are welcome and proof of accreditation must be presented on arrival. All other animals are prohibited.

• Lithium battery powered modes of transport, or recreational equipment, are not allowed inside MAGNT. Mobility aids and small personal devices (mobiles, laptops and digital cameras) are exempt.

• Scooters, skateboards, skates and pull along shopping trollies or carts are not permitted inside the galleries and must be stowed before entering.

• Photography, videos and films for personal use are permitted unless stated otherwise, and providing taking them does not disrupt other visitors or MAGNT operations.

• Flash photography, or the use of selfie-sticks, monopods and tripods are not allowed.

• Footwear must be worn at all times.

• MAGNT is a smoke-free and vape-free site. Smoking or the use of e-cigarettes and vaporisers on MAGNT premises is not permitted.

• Closed circuit security cameras are installed throughout MAGNT and may record you during your visit. Footage from these cameras is held and disposed of in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NT).

• Visitors who do not comply with MAGNT notices, or who engage in conduct that poses a threat to others and/or MAGNT exhibition and buildings, will be directed to leave the premised by an authorised officer.

MAGNT acknowledges the traditional owners of Country across the Northern Territory and beyond, and pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Image: Overnight Odyssey. Photo: MAGNT