If you’re looking for something spooky this Halloween, look no further than the Western Development Museum’s (WDM) upcoming Halloween Costume Come and Go event.
The event will be held on Saturday, Oct. 28, and will run from 1 – 4 p.m. at the museum.
With a little decorative enhancement, the WDM provides an eerie atmosphere that makes the perfect Halloween venue. Guests can mingle with artifacts that appear to be frozen in time, and thanks to some decorating by museum staff, the setting is guaranteed to be a lot of fun.
The event will be organized on a come and go basis, which means that guests can stop by any time during the window of time and each of the five stations will run for the duration of the event.
To get the most out of the visit, everyone is invited to come dressed in their spookiest Halloween costumes.
“We encourage people to dress in costume and then come. If you come in costume, you can enter our draw to win a prize,” said museum programs coordinator Alexis Jones.
The prize will contain a gift basket with goodies, a Trick-or-Treater’s bag, and free admission passes.
Just a glimpse of the activities planned for the day include vampire bowling, eyeball tossing, “pass the pumpkin,” and a variety of spooky crafts.
“We will have fake eyeballs, and you are going to try and throw them through a monster’s eye (socket),” Jones said regarding the eyeball toss.
Two of the crafts will include creating your own monster from a paper bag and making a custom witch hat.
“Its about getting people out and doing fun Halloween things,” she said.
Each activity station will have a sticker available, and guests can collect these on their activity cards. Once the card has been filled up, you can earn a goodie bag courtesy of the WDM.
“(Goodie bags will include) Halloween candy, a WDM pencil, notebook, an ‘eyeball popper,’ WDM tattoos, that kind of stuff,” Jones explained.
The WDM is the largest human history museum in Saskatchewan and features a collection of over 75,000 artifacts across four locations. The Moose Jaw branch specializes in the history of transportation.
The WDM will remain open throughout the year for self-guided visits, and in addition to this, the museum holds regular programming to support its mission of sharing Saskatchewan’s history and bring new life to the people who helped shape our province.
The museum is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is closed on stat holidays. During the winter months, the museum is closed on Mondays from January to March.
The Halloween Come and Go event will require the standard admission fees, and members of the WDM can get in for free as part of the membership package.
As a part of the WDM’s membership program, members gain free admission to events across all four museum locations as well as discounted rates at the gift shop and other features.
More information will be available on the museum’s website at wdm.ca, or by contacting Alex Jones at 306-693-5989 or by email at [email protected].
The Moose Jaw branch of the Western Development Museum is located at 50 Diefenbaker Drive.
“We look forward to seeing people in costume, so come and have some Halloween fun!”
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