Name: Haunting at the Museum
Start: 2024-10-30T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-10-30T21:30:00-05:00
Location: 810 Capstone Dr, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Alabama 35487

Haunting at the Museum is a free, family-friendly, and all-ages event open to the public on October 30, 2024 from 6:30 pm until 8:30 pm, held at both the Alabama Museum of Natural History and the Gorgas House Museum.
At the Gorgas House Museum, visitors can learn about the sociocultural expectations and practices of mourning and grieving after the Civil War and the greater Victorian Era with a new exhibit, "Mourning Matters: Grieving and Etiquette in the Antebellum South and Further." With historical research and letters from the Gorgas family and others closest to them talking about life and loss, Mourning Matters will touch on the deaths of those within the Gorgas House as well as present visitors with a historical understanding of 19th-century practices related to funerals and societal grieving standards. To bring these stories to life, guests can also watch “Dead History” videos of actors reading the letters and take a guided tour given by volunteers in costumes, telling the spookiest ghost stories of the house.
At the Alabama Museum of Natural History, "The Haunting at the Museum: Creepy Cryptids & Fantastic Fossils" will feature educational programming throughout the Museum, inviting guests to explore paleontology past and present, the colors of chemistry, the importance of invertebrates and the wonders of boo-tanicals.
COSTUME CONTEST
A costume contest on the steps of the Gorgas House will be held at 7:45 pm. Pre-registration to the costume contest is required due to the limited number of spots available in each age group. Winners will receive a prize! Registration is available online: https://universityofalabama.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5nB7Glpew08SMV8
ADMISSION
Admission to both Haunting at the Museum events at the Alabama Museum of Natural History and the Gorgas House Museum are free. Donations are welcomed and appreciated.
LOCATIONS
The Alabama Museum of Natural History is located inside Smith Hall on The University of Alabama campus. The street address is 427 Sixth Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487.
The Gorgas House Museum is located at 810 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, just off the Quadrangle of The University of Alabama campus (one block west of the Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library, at the corner of McCorvey and Capstone Drives).
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions about these events, contact Kristin Harrell (Education Outreach Coordinator, Alabama Museum of Natural History) by calling 205-348-6383 and Sonya Harwood-Johnson (Director, Gorgas House Museum) by calling 205-348-5906.