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Haunted Museum | Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
Every year around Halloween, we host a Haunted Museum event!
Skip the Lines!
Members don't have to pay admission or wait in lines...they walk right through Member Express and into the Museum!
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Behind-the-Scenes Tours
Get special access to the Museum's vast collections on these exclusive tours!
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Contact Us
Membership Office
Phone: (213) 763-3426
Fax: (213) 763-3583
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All Stars of Science Tours
The NHM has millions of specimens in its collections. Members at the Naturalist level and higher are invited to schedule a behind-the-scenes tour with one of our curators to see these treasures and learn about real science happening here at the Museum.
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Haunted Museum
Each year, the Museum celebrates the Halloween season with Haunted Museum. There is plenty to do for the whole family and chances to interact with Museum scientists and researchers who bring some of their creepy crawly collections with them to view and touch. Costumes are encouraged!
Exclusively for members at the Naturalist level and higher.
9th Annual Haunted Museum
NHM
October 28, 5 - 8 pm
Follow the Yellow Brick Road to the 9th Annual Haunted Museum, "Land of Awes." You'll be in the halls of the NHM, but you'll feel like you're over the rainbow as you marvel in awe at the Museum's wonderful treasures. Enjoy a Halloween adventure like only the NHM can provide and be sure to dress up as your favorite ghoul, ghost, or character!
In the Land of Awes you can...
- Help us put the Scarecrow back together!
- Watch a performance by our Dancing Flying Monkeys.
- Learn about marine fossils from Kansas and crafty crows from NHM scientists.
- See tree frogs in our Enchanted Rainforest.
- Go on a scavenger hunt to find the Ruby Slippers.
- and more!
Open to members at the Naturalist level and higher.
2011 and 2010 Photo Galleries
Scroll through our photo galleries to see some fabulous costumes, activities, and scientific specimens from our last two Haunted Museums, "Fairy Tales and Scary Tales," and "Creepy Caves and Eerie Caverns."
Fairy Tales and Scary Tales - 2011
Creepy Caves and Eerie Caverns - 2010
Past Haunted Museums
The theme is different every year. In years past, we've hosted "The Lost Expedition," "The Mystery of the Missing Movie Monsters," "The Curse of Pirate Pete," "Natural History Academy for Wizards and Witches," "The Graveyard Shift," "The Spookiest Show on Earth," "Creepy Caves and Eerie Caverns," and "Fairy Tales and Scary Tales"