Explore & More in Buffalo will hold its Halloween Spooktacular Oct. 24, 25, 30 and 31, with trick-or-treating and activities included in museum admission.
Candy and allergy-friendly treats will be available on exhibit floors 2, 3 and 4 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each day, according to the museum's event announcement.
The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Children's Museum, at 130 Main St. in Buffalo's Canalside district, encourages families to wear costumes. Halloween-themed merchandise and snacks will be sold in the first-floor gift shop and Low Bridge Café.
The museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the other three dates. Members may enter at 9:30 a.m., the museum said in its news release.
Opening weekend
The Pumpkin King of Halloweentown will visit the Cooking Galley from 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 24. Halloween-themed studio activities are planned for both Oct. 24 and 25.
Free admission Oct. 30
M&T Bank's Fifth Fridays program will provide free admission Oct. 30 for local children and their parents, guardians, adult family members or child care providers. Adults attending must be accompanied by a child.
Tickets are expected to become available early in the week of Oct. 26 on the museum's website. Walk-in admission is not guaranteed if the museum is at or near capacity.
Activities that day include Milk For Health's boo-berry smoothie samples, Halloween and math games, and social-emotional development activities with Buffalo Hope and the University at Buffalo.
Halloween offers and visitors
The University of Wyoming, mascot Pistol Pete and the Western Thunder Marching Band will visit from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Oct. 31.
The university will sponsor free admission for the first 100 walk-in guests at each of three times that day: 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and noon. Halloween-themed studio activities also are planned.
Hours and activities are subject to change. Families can check the museum's website and official social media pages for updates and ticket availability.
Event graphic from Explore & More.
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