Halloween: The Dead Zoo

Join us for a slightly creepy evening in the darkened galleries of the Bell Museum. Our live cockroaches, tarantulas and snakes are ready to greet you, and special surprises lurk around every corner. Also, be sure to catch the moonrise with us at 7:50pm (two days shy of the Hunter’s full moon–phew)!

$20 – General admission
$15 – Bell members

$15 Youth 18 and under  ($10 for Bell members)

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Create your own cryptozoology creature with vegan taxidermy using repurposed toys.

Visit the Den of Darkness and gaze upon fluorescent minerals, glowing oddities, and psychedelic colors.

Explore the Dome of Doom in the Whitney and Elizabeth MacMillan Planetarium (if you dare).

Search the diorama halls in our special spooky scavenger hunt and collect a special prize.

Watch scientists prepare real specimens (skins and skeletons) in Collections Cove.

Costumes welcome but not required.

Star Man

Included in this evening is the debut of Star Man, an interactive marionette created by resident artist Chris Lutter-Gardella. Chris is a designer, inventor, theater-maker and community educator whose work revolves around the design, construction and performance of puppets, costumes, unique theatrical inventions and sculptural installations. He produces his art principally from waste-stream materials, exploring the unique potentials inherent within them. In his residency, Chris is interested in researching cosmology at the intersection of physics, biology, history, and culture.

The Bell’s Resident Artist Research Project offers artists an exclusive opportunity to engage with the museum’s scientific collections as well as university researchers to develop new work inspired by or in response to science research, collections and ways of knowing. This program is made possible thanks to generous support provided by the McKnight Foundation.