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Halloween Mourning Tours at Heritage Square

 

Saturday and Sunday, October 24 and 25
12 to 4 pm.

Enjoy creepy happenings at Heritage Square Museum at its Sixth Annual Halloween and Mourning Tours©. Learn all about death and mourning etiquette during the Victorian era and participate in a funeral inside one of our historic homes. Find out about Victorian Spiritualism - what it was, who followed it and why, and perhaps have your future foretold by a medium. See how other cultures celebrate and remember their loved ones as we look at the Mexican traditions and customs of El Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.  Finally, discover how even the intricate details of clothing played a role how Victorians showed their loss of a loved one.  

On Sunday, (Oct 25), the Halloween and Mourning Tours program is more family friendly. Children ages 2 to 12 may come play period games, make 19th century harvest crafts, choose a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch (while supplies last), and listen to spooky stories in the Ford House by the San Gabriel Valley Storytellers.

Admission prices are $10.00 for Adults, $8.00 for Seniors over 65, 
$5.00 for Children 6 to 12 years, and Free for Children under 6 and Museum members

Halloween and Mourning Movie Night 
Saturday, October 24, gates open at 7 pm.  

Guests are invited to bring a picnic, blankets, chairs, and candy while enjoying classic scary movies at Heritage Square... if they dare. The scheduled features include "The Unknown", a silent horror movie made in 1927 starring Lon Chaney and Joan Crawford, and "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" a comedy directed by Charles Barton, starring Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi and Glenn Strange. Guests are encouraged to wear warm clothing. Beverages and popcorn will be available for purchase. 

Admission to the Third Annual Halloween and Mourning Movie Night © is 
Free for Museum members and $10.00 for the general public. 
The gates will open at 7 p.m. for picnics with the show starting at dusk.

 

 

 

2 commentsCheryl Johnson • October 24 2009 05:45AM

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That looks great Cheryl.....I love these types of tours.....

Posted by Barbara Martino-Sliva, Vero Beach Real Estate, Homes for Sale (Treasure Coast Sotheby's International Realty) 4 months ago

Good Mourning, CJ!  LOL  This looks like fun (in a weird sort of way...)

Mike in Tucson

Posted by Mike Jones (SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC) 4 months ago

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