Weekends in October | 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Celebrate the spookiest season of the year at Franklin Fright! Join us every weekend in October for trick-or-treating throughout the museum, Halloween-inspired live science shows, and more!
All programming is free with museum admission
Featured Programming:
- Trick-or-treat at themed doors throughout the museum, where surprising characters will greet you. Don't forget to bring your bag to collect your tasty treats!
- Join us for the "That’s Gross!" Live Science Show, where you'll journey to explore, test, and dive deep into some of the grossest facts about the human body, inside and out. | Location: Floor 3, PECO Demonstration Theater
- The Lab delivers the T.R.E.A.T.S (Tricks, Robots, Experiments, Activities, Technology, Spooky Fun) along with a maze and photo ops | Location: Floor 3, Pepper Hall
- Electricity Show: watch as our performers showcase gadgets from their collection, aiming to generate the most shocking display of electricity. | Location: Floor 1, Franklin Theater
- Sound and electricity! Want to learn how to turn electricity into music? Learn about the basic building blocks of Modular Synthesis, Sound composition, and Audio Visual manipulation with this hands-on demonstration. Brought to you by Jerry Kaba and Richie Brown. | Location: Floor 3, Pepper Hall
- Plus, Liquid Air and Combustion live science shows with Gourd’n the Giant Pumpkin Robot and Mystery Dissections occur throughout the day. | Location: Atrium and The Bypass