Halloween Family Fun at the Museum of Natural History and Planetarium

About this event

Join the Museum of Natural History and Planetarium in Roger Williams Park for a weekend of Halloween family fun! Explore the Museum’s collections, complete a Halloween Museum Quest, solve a skeleton puzzle and discover some of the Museum’s unusual creatures and specimens. Stop by for a plasma globe demonstration and finish your visit with a journey to the stars in the Planetarium! The Halloween fun begins Friday, October 30 with a special 21+ after-hours ticketed event at the Museum. CLICK HERE to learn more about the Night at the Museum of Natural History: Halloween After Dark.

Weekend Activities:

10am–4pm: Not-So-Spooky Family Fun

Explore eerie specimens from the Museum’s vaults, test your skills with a skeleton puzzle, complete a Halloween Museum Quest, discover creepy creatures, and more!

Cost: Free with Museum admission. Museum admission is $2 | Free for Museum Members and children under age 4.

1pm–2pm: Plasma Globe Demonstration

See electricity in action and watch glowing streams of light dance inside a plasma globe during this fun, hands-on science demonstration.

Cost: Free with Museum admission. Museum admission is $2 | Free for Museum Members and children under age 4.

2pm: Journey to the Stars Planetarium Show

Featuring images from telescopes on the ground and in space and stunning visualizations of physics-based simulations, this show launches visitors through space and time to experience the life and death of the stars in our night sky, including our own nurturing Sun. Tour familiar stellar formations, explore celestial mysteries and discover the fascinating, unfolding story that connects us all to the stars. (General Audience)

Planetarium Show Audience: General (children must be age 4+)

Cost: Planetarium show ticket (includes museum admission) is $5/ Museum Members Free.

Select October 31 and November 1 for Halloween Family Fun Weekend Online Ticketing