Beat the queue and book the ultimate Halloween experience.
See the Museum transformed into a Halloween wonderland, filled with terrifying treats, bone-chilling beats and frightening feats.
There's something for everyone including Halloween music, activities, entertainment, spooky spaces, food and drinks.
For a small taste of all we have planned, watch this compilation of last year's event and check out the first release of our Halloween program.
Tickets
Adult $134
Concession $127
Child (0-2 years) $77
Child (3-16 years) $115
Member Adult $125
Member Concession $114
Member Child (0-2 years) $75
Member Child (3-16 years) $105
Date & Time
Friday 31 October
Key information
PROGRAM
Full Moon Package: 6:30 to 8pm
Make a night of it with the ultimate Full Moon Package! This special package includes:
- Your own Spooky host
- Early VIP entry into Halloween at the Museum
- Star Wars Galactic Café legendary blue milk on arrival
- LEGO® Star Wars: The Exhibition exclusive access
- Premium Halloween Showbag (to the value of $90)
- Special Wrist Band
- Skeleton Collector Cards
- Wrapped Candies Goodie Bag
- Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard entry
And all the howlingly fun Halloween after-dark experiences of Halloween at the Museum!
The Full Moon Package starts at 6:30pm. Tickets are limited, please arrive at 6:20pm to be welcomed into the event, where you will where you will be greeted with showbags and given access to LEGO® Star Wars: The Exhibition until 8pm, then have fast tracked access into Halloween at the Museum until midnight.
Halloween at the Museum: 7pm to Midnight
Adult Only Zone
8pm to midnight | Treetops | Adults Only
This is an adults-only zone where you can grab a drink at the candlelight bar, try a slime shot, grab a bloody popcorn and sit in the mist and watch a horror movie marathon.
Meet a mystic in The SpellBox, where you can have your palm read or delve into the world of tarot cards.
The SpellBox
8 to 11pm | Treetops, Candlelight Bar
At Halloween, when the Veil is at its finest between the Worlds, spirits, witches and faeries rule the night. Experience the mystery with a psychic reading and delve into the beautiful unknown. Three witches from SpellBox will be at the event to conjure visions alluringly spooky.
Outdoor Horror Screen
8pm to Midnight | Northern Terrace
As night falls sit in the mist amongst the trees outside and dive into a darker side with back-to-back horror trailers from B grade gorefests to cult classics.
Monster Halloween Disco
5:30 to 10pm | Children’s Gallery Big Box
Dance like a monster under the mirror ball in the Kids Halloween Disco, with spooky songs all night to shake your claws and tails too.
Campfire Tales
7 to 10pm | Dynamic Earth Gallery
Gather ‘round the campfire for spooky science stories of the supernatural world as we spin enchanting tales of creatures that are stranger than fiction and things that go bump in the night.
New stories start every 15 minutes.
Spooky Science
6 to 10:30pm | Children’s Gallery Garden
Mad science meets frightening physics at our Scienceworks side stage with tricks and treats aplenty from flowing slime to fountains of fog and hair-raising surprises galore.
Frog Fog Garden
5:30 to 11pm | Children’s Gallery Garden
Boink Boink, Ribbet Ribbet, creep through the fog and see if you can find the hidden frog skeletons in the Frog Fog Garden!
Face Painting
5:30 to 10pm | Galleria
Join in the Halloween face painting experience with our amazing Halloween witches.
Snake Pit
5:30 to 11pm | Children’s Gallery
Beware Snakes!! Wrestle with the fluffy snakes in the snake pit. Will you survive the cuddle attack by our silly serpents?
Haunted Cinema
7pm to Midnight | Melbourne Story
Step into a haunted 1920’s cinema for a spooky sampling of curated clips and trailers presented by The Melbourne Horror Film Society. From 6:30 to 8:30pm, enjoy family-friendly horror clips from around the world. As night falls, dive into a darker side with back-to-back horror trailers from B grade gorefests to cult classics.
DJ Blackscale
7pm to Midnight | Main Stage, Ground Level | Music
Dive into a night of wicked beats and spine-tingling tunes with Will Pyett, aka DJ Blackscale as he conjures a mix of dance floor bangers and Halloween inspired classics until late.
Costume Catwalk
7:30pm, 8:30pm, 9:30pm, 10:30pm | Main Foyer
Join us at these times to parade your best Halloween outfits and win a prize! Places are limited, arrive early!
Trick or Treat
7 to 10pm for KIDS | 10 to 11pm for ADULTS | Gandel Gondwana Garden
Collect them all and get a Halloween goodie bag!
Trick or Treat your way through the Bubble Garden, find your limited-edition skeleton collector cards, with delectable, wrapped candies and surprises along the way.
Horrible Hairy Hands
7 to 10pm | Lab 2
Will the Hairy Hands give you a trick or a treat? Can they tell if you have been naughty or nice? Try your luck at the horrible hairy hands to see if you will get a treat or a trick!
The Cephalopod’s Realm
7pm to Midnight | Science and Life Gallery
Creep under the giant Cephalopod and marvel as its many legs! Cephalopods are older than dinosaurs, appearing in fossil records 500 million years ago. These boneless creatures can be found in marine habitats, making them the ideal inspiration for horrifying ocean lore from around the world.
The Spiders Nest
7pm to Midnight | Immersive Studio
Warning!! Warning!! The spider zone is not for the faint of heart! Enter if you dare through the spider web to see the spider’s nest!
(This experience is possible to avoid if you really fear spiders)
The Ghost Story Stage
7 to 11:30pm | Melbourne Story
The Ghost story stage is running all night with horrible history mysteries, ghostly and gory tales from paranormal Melbourne, terrifying collection objects and even a little Viking mythology!
Tales as old as time in the haunted halls of Melbourne Museum on a paranormal stage, join us for adventures through space and time. The Ghost Story stage will have new stories every 15 mins all night! Meet you ghostly host for stories with the most!
- Creepy Collecting
- The Black Cat Nine Lives
- The Stagecoach Murders
- The Trouble at the Asylum
- The Ghost in the Theatre
- The Tavern Travesty
- The Ghoul in the Goal
- Spooky Spiritualism
- The Wild Hunt - Nordic Ghost Tale
- The Zombie Vikings – Nordic Ghost Tale
- The Vikings Lonely Ghost – Nordic Ghost Tale
Shadows of Little Lon
8pm | Little Lon, Melbourne Story, Upper Level
Step into Melbourne’s mysterious past, a realm of shadowy figures and historical heists, where a criminal underbelly thrived and survived. Presented by Dr Michelle Stevenson, Head of History and Technology at Museums Victoria.
The Vampire Squid From Hell
7 to 10pm | Science and Life Gallery
Come eye-to-eye with creatures that lurk in the ocean's shadows and inspired the scariest name of the marine world - Vampyroteuthis infernalis - the vampire squid from hell. Presented by Julian Finn, Museums Victoria’s Senior Curator of Marine Invertebrates.
Ultraviolet Underworld
7 to 10pm | Science and Life Gallery
Venture into an eerie ultraviolet underground world of precious gemstones and discover the magic of fluorescence with minerals and precious gemstones from opals to sapphires that glow in the dark with Oskar Lindenmayer, Collection Manager, Geosciences and Dermot Henry, Head of Sciences, Museums Victoria Research Institute.
Zombie Worms and Other Haunting Marine Life
7 to 10pm | Science and Life Gallery
Be haunted by bone-eating zombie worms, volcanic shark graveyards, and other daunting marine creatures. A satirical look at the creatures that may have inspired science fiction writers and movies from ancient oceans to today with Robin Wilson Senior Curator Marine Invertebrates, Rolf Schmidt, Collection Manager Invertebrate Palaeontology, Mel Mackenzie Collection Manager Marine Invertebrates, Tim Ziegler Collection Manager Vertebrate Palaeontology.
Spooky Skull Projections
7 to 10pm | Science and Life Gallery
What do monitor lizards, and the Stegosaurus have in common? They both have osteoderms. Discover the tree of vertebrate life with real micro computed tomography µCT-scans, peer inside the skin bones to see what is hiding underneath with Roy Ebel, Museums Victoria Research Institute
Spinning Webs & Spider Traps
7 to 10pm | Learning lab Studio
Unravel the secrets of spiderwebs from Orb Weavers, Huntsman, Funnel webs to Tarantulas, discover how these master architects spin their intricate traps.
Mysterious Minibeasts
7 to 10pm | Science and Life Gallery
How big can a spider really get? What invertebrates' glow in the dark? Meet Simon Hinkley, Collection Manager, Terrestrial Invertebrates and Claire Keely Collection Manager, Invertebrates, as they answer these and many other spooky questions!
Fangs, Frogs & Frights
7 to 10pm | Science and Life Gallery
Learn about the razor-sharp teeth and blood sucking habits of the real-life vampires of the animal kingdom, discover scary skeleton facts with Dr Kylea Clarke, Museums Victoria’s Collection Manager of Terrestrial Vertebrates, Karen Roberts Collection Manager, Vertebrates, Katie Date Collection Manager, Terrestrial Vertebrates and Elise Ireland, Information Officer Sciences
The Creepy Library
7 to 10pm | Science and Life Gallery
Some of the most eerie, mysterious and spine-chilling creatures in Museums Victoria Rare books, from haunted bats to creatures that will you looking over your shoulder from the Museums Victoria Library team.
Our Wonderous Planet Expert
5:30 to 8:30pm
Join Our Wonderous Planet expert Kate Phillips, Senior Curator, to learn more about this incredible exhibition and find out more about all of the incredible super natural parts of Our Wonderous Planet.
History Mystery
7 to 10pm
Marita Dyson, collection manager, will be bringing out some delightfully spooky items from the History & Technology Collection - including a wonderful witch pocket embroidery by iconic Melbourne fashion designer Jenny Bannister, a spidery handkerchief, horse brass decorations, and vintage fortune teller cards.
Our Wondrous Planet
7pm to Midnight
Discover a world four billion years in the making. In Our Wondrous Planet, you’ll come face to face with animals from around the world. Step into their vibrant ecosystems and experience the incredible connections that unite all life on Earth. Play your part in helping to shape a thriving future for our planet.
Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard
7pm to Midnight | Melbourne Story Gallery
This premium touring exhibition is included with all Halloween tickets.
Travel back in time to early medieval Scotland and discover the unique and mysterious treasure trove of Viking-age treasures, from jewellery, personal heirlooms and one-of-a-kind objects from as far away as Central Asia.
The Galloway Hoard is considered one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the century.
The Bone Zone
7pm to Midnight | Science & Life Gallery
Walk past the skeletons of 17 prehistoric animals throughout Dinosaur Walk. Discover the origin of life in Victoria told through fossils, models, animatronics and animations. See a world of insects, spiders, snails and other invertebrates in Bugs Alive! and immerse yourself in the lost world of the Cretaceous in Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs.
Children’s Gallery
7 to 10pm | Just for KIDS
10 to 11pm | Everyone Welcome
For one night only, children of all ages can explore the Pauline Gandel Children’s Gallery, including a spooky Scienceworks side stage packed with mad science and frightening physics, the Fog Frog Garden, The Kids Monster Halloween Disco and more.
Ghastly Gondwana Garden
7 to 10pm | Just for KIDS
10 to 11pm | Everyone Welcome
Explore Victoria’s ancient landscapes and learn about creatures that once walked this land, from dinosaurs and megafauna and touch replicas of the bones, teeth and claws of ancient creatures.
Mystical Melbourne
7 to Midnight | Melbourne Story
Journey through Melbourne’s past and present, exploring haunted tales, supernatural legends, and the criminal events that have shaped Melbourne’s hidden history.
Haus of Dizzy
7 to 9pm | Main Foyer
Join Haus of Dizzy at Halloween at the Museum for a frightfully fun night of fashion, sparkle, and all things spooky!
We’ll be showcasing our full Halloween Collection - from bats and pumpkins to stabby knives and ghostly glam. Don’t miss your chance to shop your fave pieces IRL and get your spooky sparkle on!
Vampires Bite Cafe | Main Cafe
Munch into a meal in the vampires lair!
vgn=Vegan v=Vegetarian gf=Gluten Free
Savoury
Frankenstein’s fries, chili beef, cheese sauce, sour cream, monster’s mashed avo (gf) 17
Char-spook-ery and cheese 22
Beef Ghoul-ash with monster mash (gf) 17
Devilish chicken burger, ghost pepper hot sauce, charcoal bun 17
Pumpkin pizza, trick or treat candy beets, feta, olives (v, vgn option) 18
Vampire bites pack, chicken nuggets, ghoulish cupcake, harvest vegies and hummus 18
Hot Chips 12
Sweet & Snacks
Mummified chocolate brownie (gf, v) 7
Jack O’Lantern cupcake 8
Halloween Cookies 6
Zombie Finger Lollipops 3
Chocolate Pumpkins 10
Ribbit Ribbit Cafe | Children's Gallery (Kids only)
Wibbily Wobbly Jelly in my belly at the Frog Cart!
Frog in a Pond Green Jelly 5
Scary Arms Bar | Main Dance Floor
A special drink delivered by a surprise scary arm - which one will you get?
Drinks
Hard Rated Alcoholic Lemonade 375ml 16
Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin & Tonic 250ml 17
Smirnoff Double Black 300ml 16
Furphy Original 11
Great Northern Super Crisp 10
Non-Alcoholic Soft drinks – Pepsi, Solo, Lemonade, Pepsi Max 6
Water – Cool Ridge Sparkling 500ml, Cool Ridge Still 600ml 5
The Candlelight Bar | Treetops (Adults only)
Grab a spooky spirit, a creepy cocktail or a slime shot at the adults only bar!
Cocktails
Hocus Pocus Gin, blue curacao, lemon juice, soda water, purple dust 20
Vlad’s Blood Red Negoni Campari, gin, rosso vermouth, blood packs (red ice cubes) 22
Vampire Kiss (non-alcoholic) Lyre’s Dry London spirit, grape juice, soda water, candy teeth 18
Slime Shot 16
Drinks
Morgans Bay Sparkling Cuvee 12
Morgans Bay Sauvignon Blanc 12
Morgans Bay Shiraz Cabernet 12
Mulled Wine 15
Beer & Cider Furphy Original 11
Great Northern Super Crisp 10
James Boags Premium Light 9
Heaps Normal Quiet XPA (zero alcohol) 9
Little Creatures Apple Cider 11
Ready to Drink Hard Rated Alcoholic Lemonade 375ml 16
Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin & Tonic 250ml 17
Smirnoff Double Black 300ml 16
Non-Alcoholic Soft drinks – Pepsi, Solo, Lemonade, Pepsi Max 6
Water – Cool Ridge Sparkling 500ml, Cool Ridge Still 600ml 5
Hot Chocolate 6
Snacks
Salted Nuts 7
Pretzels 7
Bloody Popcorn 10
Main Bar & Sweet Treats | Main Foyer
Under the black light things glow and shine - will you dare to try the fluorescing food or glowing goo? More menu items coming soon!
Sweet
Fluro Treats 6
Drinks
Morgans Bay Sparkling Cuvee 12
Morgans Bay Sauvignon Blanc 12
Morgans Bay Shiraz Cabernet 12
Mulled Wine 15
Beer & Cider Furphy Original 11
Great Northern Super Crisp 10
James Boags Premium Light 9
Heaps Normal Quiet XPA (zero alcohol) 9
Little Creatures Apple Cider 11
Ready to Drink Hard Rated Alcoholic Lemonade 375ml 16
Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin & Tonic 250ml 17
Smirnoff Double Black 300ml 16
Non-Alcoholic Soft drinks – Pepsi, Solo, Lemonade, Pepsi Max 6
Water – Cool Ridge Sparkling 500ml, Cool Ridge Still 600ml 5
Hot Chocolate 6
Are they any Halloween costume restrictions?
Melbourne Museum proudly welcomes people from all cultures and backgrounds, and we encourage everyone to keep this in mind when creating their amazing costumes for our all ages Halloween event.
To help you plan please be aware of the following guidelines.
- Costumes must be safe, family-friendly and not offensive or culturally insensitive.
- Masks should be easily removed if requested
- Leave stilts, skates, scooters, drones, and balloons at home.
- All props will be assessed at the door and goes without saying that any real, replica or metal weapons are banned
- Only safe props like foam, plastic or lightweight timber are welcome. Toy guns must be brightly coloured and never loaded with projectiles.
Please note that any props that appear dangerous or too realistic will be held by our team for the night, and bag checks will take place at the door for all guests.
What about Wet weather?
Halloween at Melbourne Museum will go ahead rain or shine!
Most activities are indoors or under cover, so the spooky fun will continue even if it’s a bit wet outside. If you’re planning to explore outdoor areas, please bring a raincoat and wear weather-appropriate footwear.
We can’t wait to celebrate Halloween with you, rain, spooky wind or sunshine!
ACCESSIBILITY
Please view our accessibility page for general information. Contact our team on 13 11 02 or email us at [email protected] to discuss how we can support your visit.
