Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Free Admission Days
Mon Nov 2, 10am
Free museum admission for residents
This event is in the past.It took place on October 25, 2026 at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.
Lincoln Park, Chicago
🚗"Parking is a nightmare if you don't arrive early"
🦋Admission includes the Judy Istock Butterfly Haven
⭐Members get in an hour early, smaller crowds
Snakes, bugs, and owl pellet dissections: Halloween at the Nature Museum means getting your hands delightfully dirty. Kids can explore the Dark Room, dig through the 169-year-old boneyard collections, and wander the Butterfly Haven, costumes encouraged.
Family-friendly Halloween
Animal encounters
Hands-on science
Costumes encouraged
They recommend it:
Lincoln Park, Chicago
🚗"Parking is a nightmare if you don't arrive early"
🦋Admission includes the Judy Istock Butterfly Haven
⭐Members get in an hour early, smaller crowds
Snakes, bugs, and owl pellet dissections: Halloween at the Nature Museum means getting your hands delightfully dirty. Kids can explore the Dark Room, dig through the 169-year-old boneyard collections, and wander the Butterfly Haven, costumes encouraged.
Family-friendly Halloween
Animal encounters
Hands-on science
Costumes encouraged
They recommend it:
What are you into?
- Family-friendly Halloween
- Animal encounters
- Hands-on science
- Costumes encouraged
- Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
- Lincoln Park
- Chicago
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