Come in your costumes and celebrate Halloween with our sharpest minds and specimens!

Some animals rely on their razor-sharp talons and fangs to hunt. Others have stingers and claws of all shapes and sizes. In a special Halloween Night at the Museum, get up close—but not too close!—with some of the sharpest and spookiest specimens of the museum!

Tooth, Claw & Nail event poster

Specimen preparation- As always, our Collections Manager and skinners will be turning dead animals into museum specimens. Ask questions and get hands-on with his dissections and preparations! Specimen preparation will be located in room 297.

Wolf Haven International- Get up close and personal with some skulls and pelts while learning about wolf conservation!

Tahoma Audubon Society- Get to know some of our local birds with the sharpest beaks and talons!

Trick or treat- Answer a question at each table and earn a piece of candy!

Kid's craft- Create a spooky animal mask! The kid's craft will be located in room 283.

Costumes are encouraged!

This is a free, family-friendly, drop-in event.

Join us October 25th, from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. at the University of Puget Sound Campus (located at 1500 N Warner St, Tacoma, WA 98416) in Thompson Hall room 295. Directions to Thompson Hall can be found here.

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