The New Mexico State University museums and collections are joining in on the Halloween spirit with a “Nightmare at the Museums” fundraising event from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30 at Kent Hall and Devasthali Hall. From arts and crafts to haunted tours, enjoy Halloween-themed tricks and treats for the whole family.
“This will be a really fun event, and it’s a great opportunity to show off some of the creepier things in our collections,” said Kelly Jenks, director of the University Museum. “Our students are having a fantastic time preparing and decorating for this event.”
“Nightmare at the Museums” will bring out the spookiest parts of the NMSU museums and collections. Explore eerie objects from the NMSU Library Archives and Special Collections, bugs and bug crafts from the Arthropod Museum, critters from the Vertebrate Museum, fossils and themed activities from the Zuhl Museum, flashlight tours of the anthropology exhibitions in the University Museum and corpse drawings in the University Art Museum.
This event will also include a costume contest, trick-or-treat scavenger hunt, a movie screening, a “haunted lab” tour, photobooth, face painting and scary stories for younger kids.
Tickets for this event are $13 per person and can be purchased here. Tickets for kids under 8 years old are free. Wristbands for ticketholders can be picked up at the courtyard entrance to Kent Hall, located on the NMSU campus at 1280 East University Avenue.
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CUTLINE: New Mexico State University’s museums and collections will host a “Nightmare at the Museums” fundraising event from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30 at Kent Hall and Devasthali Hall on NMSU’s campus, located at 1280 East University Avenue.
