HALLOWEEN AT THE BOO!SEUM

Children’s Museum Houston conjures up hair-raising fun with safe trick-or-treating and more!

Monthlong fang-tastic festivities lead up to K-Pop Demon Hunters-inspired Halloween Night celebration!

Now through Oct. 31!

Open till 8 p.m. on Halloween Night

HOUSTON (Oct. 6, 2025) – Ghosts, ghouls, and giggles unite! Children’s Museum Houston is bubbling over with frightfully fun activities as it transforms into the BOO!seum from now through Oct. 31, 2025. For a whole month, families can creep it real with daily Halloween magic, mystery, monsters, and more—all culminating in an epic Halloween Night extravaganza open until 8 p.m.

Make no bones about it: this is the Halloween hub for kids in Houston. Safe trick-or-treating begins Oct. 9 with candy stations throughout the Museum, open Thursdays (4 to 8p.m.), Saturdays and Sundays (all day) and on Halloween (9 a.m. to 8 p.m.).

From creepy crafts to monstrous meet-and-greets, mad science, and DJ dance parties, the BOO!seum has a cauldron full of thrills to keep the whole family under its spell.

• Safe trick-or-treating: Every Thursday evening, all weekend long, and all day on Halloween—witch way to the candy?‍
• Hair-raising specials every weekend: Pumpkin Party (Oct.11), Monster Shock (Oct. 18), Happy House Free Family Night (Oct. 23), Mad Science Mayhem (Oct. 25), and ’Twas the Night Before Halloween (Oct. 30).‍
• Costume Discount (Now to Oct. 17): Dress up to get $2 off admission—tellyour mummy!

SPECIAL EVENTS - WEEKLY WICKED FUN!

Pumpkin Party

Saturday, Oct. 11
We’re kicking things off with a pumpkin-palooza! Craft glowing gourds in our Pumpkin “Carving” Workshop, design scratch art jack-o’-lanterns, make paper-strip pumpkins, and even strut your stuff with a pumpkin mask. DJ Sally and Jack Skellington will keep you dancing to the beat of the night!

Monster Shock feat. Labubu-Inspired Monster Meet-and-Greet!

Saturday, Oct. 18

Sponsored by CenterPoint Energy
Creepy, crawly, and downright squishy! Meet the mischievous Labubu, invent Franken Toys, and experiment with electricity through Squishy Circuits, energy sticks, and sewn light-up monsters. Monster story times, monster headbands, and surprise monster art will leave you monstrously inspired. The Health Museum joins in with Makey Makey music and “bloody” science fun.

Happy House!

Free Family Night Thursday, Oct. 23

In partnership with Radio ONE’s Majic 102.1
On Free Family Night, howl at the moon and boogie to the wicked beats of Radio ONE DJs. Costumes encouraged this monstrously fun night of free admission from 5 to 8 p.m.!

Mad Science Mayhem feat. Wednesday and the Addams Family!

Saturday, Oct. 25

Sponsored by BASF
Mwahaha! Our laboratory of lunacy bubbles over with slimy, glowing polymer experiments in BASF’s Kids’ Labs, a spectacular Mad Science Demo Show, and chemistry tricks with the American Chemistry Society. Get tangled in bubbles with Texas Bubblers, pose with the Addams Family, and concoct your own potion bottles.

’Twas the Night Before Halloween

Free Family Night Thursday, Oct. 30
Gear up for the big day with owl pellet dissections, spooky face painting, and the swirling spectacle of ghost rings. DJ Beetlejuice will summon up the grooves for one last pre-Halloween dance-off from 5 to 8 p.m.!

Happy Halloween feat. eerie-sistible K-Pop Demon Hunters and sing-along!

Friday, Oct. 31, from 9a.m. to 8 p.m.!

Sponsored by INVISTA
The BOO!seum pulls out all the stops! Trick-or-treat all day, craft clay monsters, and transform into your favorite characters with face painting. But the real scream? K-Pop Demon Hunters cosplayers bring the hit movie to life with a meet-and-greet and a sing-along to fan-favorite hits! Top it off with a monster mash dance party spun by DJ Beetlejuice and a blast of ghost rings through the galleries. It’s a BOO-tiful ending to a bone-chilling season.