Family late-night Halloween event at The Box museum with after-hours gallery visits, mask making, sea slime, scary storytelling and dancing.
The Box is doing a late-night Halloween special on Friday 30 October, called Creepy Creatures of the Deep. It runs from 17:30 to 20:00, so it's an early evening one rather than a proper late, which makes it a bit easier to manage if you've got younger ones in tow.
The whole thing is built around exploring the galleries after hours. The main draw is hunting down the pickled sea creatures kept in the museum's collections, and from there it opens up into a few different activities. There's mask making and making your own spooky sea slime, and you can listen to scary storytelling in the museum's den world. There's also a dance to spooky tracks, and they're encouraging people to turn up in their best Halloween outfit, so it's a good excuse to get the costumes out.
It's a family event, and all children have to be accompanied by a responsible adult. The Box is Plymouth's main award-winning museum, art gallery and archive, so you're getting the run of the place when the usual crowds have gone home. If you've spent time there during the day, it's a different experience entirely when the galleries are open just for this.
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Tickets are £8 for adults and £8 for children aged 5 to 17, with children 5 and under coming in at £7. It runs from 17:30 to 20:00 on Friday 30 October at The Box, Tavistock Place, Plymouth, PL4 8AX.
