# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Free ArtsThursdays: Halloween at the Museum
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 29 Oct, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Thu, 29 Oct, 2026 at 09:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Explore the museum after hours for a Halloween adventure unlike any other. For one dark and special night only, discover collections drawn from the museum’s shadowy corners and uncover the eerie, fascinating stories behind them. 

🕸️ Trick-or-treat your way through the galleries and encounter mysterious specimens rarely seen by the public. 
🕸️ Face unusual insects, reptiles, invertebrates, strange plants, and treacherous minerals. 
🕸️ Don a Halloween costume and snap photos at our photo booth. We encourage costumes inspired by nature!
🕸️ Decorate a trick-or-treat bag.
🕸️ Visit Collecting Wonders: Tomorrow’s Discoveries, showcasing rare objects from the collections, from a massive polar bear to tiny jewel-like beetles.
🕸️ 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.

Free and open to the public. Let us know you are coming! RSVPs are encouraged, but walk-in visitors are always welcome.

Free event parking is available at the 52 Oxford Street Garage with registration from 4:30-9:30 pm. Register by October 28 to receive parking registration instructions: 
https://tinyurl.com/HMSCATOct26.

ArtsThursdays is a university-wide initiative supported by Harvard University Committee on the Arts.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cambridge/free-artsthursdays-halloween-at-the-museum/200030710484125
- **Event Categories**: Art, trips-adventures
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 1

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Cambridge
- **state**: MA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Harvard Museum of Natural History
- **lat**: 42.378349278549
- **long**: -71.115488978105
- **full address**: Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St,Cambridge,MA,United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Free ArtsThursdays: Halloween at the Museum being held?
  - **A:** Free ArtsThursdays: Halloween at the Museum takes place on Thu, 29 Oct, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Thu, 29 Oct, 2026 at 09:00 pm at Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St,Cambridge,MA,United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Free ArtsThursdays: Halloween at the Museum?
  - **A:** Free ArtsThursdays: Halloween at the Museum is organized by Harvard Museums of Science & Culture.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Free ArtsThursdays: Halloween at the Museum is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Cambridge, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Free ArtsThursdays: Halloween at the Museum sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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