Museum-goers of all ages are invited to the Whitney Museum of American Art during Halloween weekend. The spooky celebrations kick off on Friday, October 27 with Halloween Teen Night, a free evening for teens full of lively music, dancing, artist-led workshops, a spooky photo booth and more.
The fun continues on Saturday, October 28 with Family Halloween Day, an afternoon of trick-or-treating, making delicious art with candy, creating shadow puppets and putting on a little show in a shadow-and-light theater, and participating in a scavenger hunt throughout the museum's gorgeous galleries, with thrilling prizes to boot.
Halloween Member Night: Music and Mayhem closes out Saturday night with after-hours access to the galleries and a party inspired by the musical influences in the artworks on view in Henry Taylor: B Side and Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith.
All weekend long, attendees can also check out Maniac Pumpkin Carvers in the Lobby, who will be live carving Archibald Motley’s Gettin’ Religion, 1948 into Whitney-inspired pumpkins. (Even cooler: you can visit the original artwork in the museum's permanent collection galleries on the seventh floor.)
Head to the Whitney's website for more information on Halloween Weekend at the Whitney and to book your tickets. Most of the events are free with museum admission and simply require registration, but the Music and Mayhem party does require tickets, priced between $45 and $90.