Museum by Torchlight
When? 30 October 2021
Where? Wimborne
Saturday 30th October
Time: 6pm – 7.30pm
Event Category: Family Friendly
Dress up and bring your torch for a spooky time in the galleries.
Join us for this special event where the Museum will be open out of hours and in the dark. Find out about the witches marks on the wall and why we have a mummified cat. Handle some real skulls and bones and join our cook in the museum kitchen to decorate a Jack O’Lantern biscuit.
Be sure to dress up with friends and family in a ghoulish costume or scary animal and bring along a torch!
Suitable for ages 5+
Booking advised.
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