Fright at the Museum

Name: Fright at the Museum
Start: 2024-10-19T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-19T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Ohio History Connection

Date & Time

Sat Oct 19 2024 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Ohio History Connection | Columbus, OH

Details

Discover the spooky side of Ohio History with Fright at the Museum! Celebrate the season with family-friendly activities for a frightful good time!
• Learn about our state's creatures of the night and how important they are to our ecosystem.
• Try your hand at early movie magic and test your acting chops with vintage horror movie reels.
• Head back in time with a midcentury monster mash at the Lustron House & taste the newest candy from the 50s.
• Explore the origins of American Halloween celebrations through time.
• Weave a web of spooky stories with time travelling tales and storytelling games.
• Discover some of our deadlier collections and help us identify some of our items with testing kits.
• Try your hand at the whole apple cider experience; from picking apples and pressing fruit to inspecting the final result.
• End the evening with a dance party on the red carpet!
Hands-on activities will include:
• Make your own Little Brown (paper) Bat.
• Create a fall leaf bookmark.
Please note that family-friendly costumes are welcome, but adults are prohibited from wearing costume masks inside of the Ohio History Center. Prop weapons are also prohibited.