SOLVED. Children's book about two kids who end up in a museum overnight. [s]

[Skye]

The story starts with these kids and their dad in a car and the car runs out of gas. They are told to stay in the car but end up getting out. They find this museum and end up there overnight. I know it isn't From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. I read it maybe ten years ago.

[Sirvantes]

Can you remember anything about the museum? What kind of things did the kids see there, for instance.

[Daisy]

Sounds like Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library!.

[Daisy]

Daisy wrote: "Sounds like Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library!."

There were things like old dolls and exhibits in the library, so it may have felt like a museum. Here's a plot description from a reviewer: "There is a snowstorm starting, and Jo-Beth and Mary Rose are on their way to their aunt's house, so their father can join their mother at the hospital where a new brother or sister will be born. When their dad, known as Last Minute Harry, refuses to stop for gasoline, and then runs out of gas on the road, he instructs the girls to wait in the car with the doors locked while he looks for a gas station. They obey at first, but when Jo-Beth realizes she urgently has to use the bathroom, they wander out into the snow and head for the public library. Though they don't mean to, they wind up staying past closing time, and when they try to leave, they find themselves locked in! The rest of their night is filled with spooky noises, strange shadows, and lots of unexpected turns of events."

[Skye]

yes that's it! thank you so much