#  ArtsThursdays: Halloween at the Museum 

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 23, 2025** 

 05:00PM - 09:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Harvard Museum of Natural History (26 Oxford Street)**  



 

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## Free In-Person Event

Join us for a free night at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture. Come with a date, come with friends, or make new friends while strolling through the galleries

- Trick-or-Treat through the museum and check out some of our spookiest specimens.
- Wear your best Halloween costume and take photos at our photo booth.
- Decorate a trick-or-treat bag.
- Visit the brand new exhibit [*Velvet Worms: A Fierce Hunter with a Secret Weapon*](https://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/velvet-worms-fierce-hunter-secret-weapon) in the Arthropods Gallery.
- Encounter real-life zombies: fruit flies hijacked by a brain-controlling fungus.
- Visit the exhibition [*Sea Monsters: Wonders of Nature and Imagination*](https://hmnh.harvard.edu/sea-monsters) and explore the allure of serpents, krakens, and other mysterious creatures of the deep sea.
- Enjoy a variety of beverages for purchase (valid government ID required to consume alcoholic beverages).
- Enter a free raffle to win museum gifts and membership.

Let us know you are coming! RSVPs are encouraged, but walk-in visitors are always welcome.

*Free event parking at the* [*52 Oxford Street Garage*](https://www.google.com/maps/place/52+Oxford+St,+Cambridge,+MA+02138/@42.3801643,-71.1153065,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x89e37740b4804b09:0x1ca7c4a4324b1694!8m2!3d42.3801643!4d-71.1153065!16s%2Fg%2F11c2133ff1)*, 4:30–9:30 pm. Enter at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.*

*ArtsThursdays is a university-wide initiative supported by Harvard University Committee on the Arts (HUCA)*

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