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Happy Halloween!
Boo-oyant beakers, ghostly giggles, and zero pillowcases required.
Halloween doesn’t always mean another bag of candy – it means hands-on science, real activities, and real moments of exploration! Every stop is something to make, mix, or discover together.
Bring your little goblins and ghouls for an evening full of frightful fun and festive surprises!
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What’s brewing inside the museum this year:
🎃 Bat Cave Corner | Make your own not-so-spooky bat to take home, with wings that move!
🧪 Fizzy Frankenpaint Lab | Mix, fizz, and paint your way through this bubbly experiment
🪄 Wizarding Wonders with Gannon Chemistry Department | ExpERIEnce hair-raising experiments that turn science into magic
🕷️ Creepy Crawly Encounters | Get face-to-face with a creepy crawly friend from Dr. Dan and Buzz n B’s Aquarium & Pet Shop
👻 Ghoul’s Got Yarn | Loom your own ghostly creation to take home with Lauren Pierson
🧃 Potion Station with Andora’s Bubble Tea | Watch a drink change colors right before your eyes with magical science from Andora’s Bubble Tea
💀 Dia De Los Muertos Celebration | Celebrate Día de los Muertos traditions with the Erie Latino Leadership Association
👺 Melting Monsters with Pulakos Chocolate | Watch the M vanish right off an M&M in this ghostly disappearing act
🍪 Trick-or-Treat Test Kitchen | Match the chocolate chips to the number or put your cookie to the test in a glass of milk and enjoy a cookie from Ye Ole Sweet Shoppe
🏴☠️ Scallywags Pirate Adventures | Set sail for a swashbuckling adventure down in our Lake Life and build your own treasure chest with Scallywags
🦷 Murray & Iszkula’s Fang-tastic Smiles | Grab a Halloween teeth to-go kit and try your hand at pumpkin sand art
$13 / Child | $12 / Adult
20% Off for Members
*Pre-registration highly encouraged. Walk-ins welcome while capacity allows.
*No coupons or discounted admission accepted – all sales are final.
Spooky Science & Silly Surprises wouldn’t be possible without the community partners who helped brew up the magic.
A huge thank-you to Scallywag Pirate Adventures, Ye Ole Sweet Shoppe, Pulakos Chocolate, Erie Latino Leadership Association, Andora’s Bubble Tea, Lauren Pierson, Buzz n B’s Aquarium & Pet Shop, Dr. Dan, the Gannon Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, and Murray and Iszkula Orthodontics for their time, creativity, and ghoulishly good energy in bringing this event to life!

Director of Member and Visitor ExpERIEnce

Marketing & Community Relations Assistant