Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites

As the sun sets, the museum will come alive with engaging activities across all three floors, led by a cast of quirky characters inspired by iconic museum artifacts. Starting on the first floor, families can stop by Dr. Rose’s Mad Science Lab to watch cool chemical reactions and make their own ghostly shaped fizzy bath bombs to take home. With a spin of Dunky’s candy wheel, visitors can win Halloween treats. Children will love using Cricket’s critter catapults to launch plastic insects and see how many they can land on the webs. At Ross the Sloth’s Giggle Graveyard, guests can use a UV flashlight to illuminate whimsical epitaphs that are sure to tickle a funny bone. And visitors can step inside the
scream booth to measure the sound of their shrieks, all as Fred the Mastodon looks on.

Elsewhere in the museum, visitors can get as close as they dare to live, crawling critters at the bug barn. Everyone is encouraged to come in their favorite Halloween outfits and compete for prizes in the costume contest before hitting the dance floor to twist and shout to the sounds of monster music.

Price: $12/person; 25% discount for members, $7/Scouts BSA, Girl Scouts and families, $5/Access Pass member