[BCMA] Does your museum do a Halloween Event

Sun Nov 10 13:45:13 PST 2013

Hello

Please find below my responses to the Halloween questionnaire from Spoke
Region Museum & Visitor Centre. Let me know if you would like more
information.

1.       Do you do special Halloween programming?

We do offer Halloween programming here at the Canmore Museum & Geoscience
Centre.  We have events for most holidays at the NWMP Barracks, Main Street.
We decorate the Barracks, play a spooky soundtrack, have a witch telling
stories and offer Halloween crafts.

2.       Does it involve turning any of your space into a haunted house?

We do not transform the Barracks in to a haunted house per say.  A Haunted
House is often put elsewhere in town. We decorate the Barracks for Halloween
with cobwebs, banners, pumpkins etc.

3.       Do you charge for the event?

The event is free, however, we do welcome donations.

4.       What age group do you target?

We target the under 12 age group.

5.       How do you balance the gore factor?

There isn't much 'gore' involved. We aim for the event to be family friendly
and advertise it as such.  The witch telling stories is a friendly witch who
aims to entertain rather than scare.

6.       How many people do you put through the event?

This year we had 51 visitors.  We try to run the event following the annual
Halloween parade in Canmore.  That way people are already dressed up and do
not need to come out twice in one weekend.

7.       How do you justify it as part of your mission?

We aim to be part of the community and we are a community Museum.  This
event is a community event.  It is also beneficial as it encourages people
to come along to the NWMP Barracks who would not typically visit expanding
our visitor pool.

8.       What types of activities do you have?

We run two Halloween crafts (this year ghost windsocks and clip on bats), a
witch reading stories and making witches brew, tours of the house and trick
or treating is encouraged!

9.       Did you used to do an event, but not anymore? Why?

In past years the event attracted less visitors as it was held the day after
the Halloween parade.  My advice would be to check what else is going on in
your area- and perhaps try a partnership!

If you need any information, or examples of the crafts we run, please let me
know.

Best wishes

Victoria Ryves

Community Enrichment and Volunteer Coordinator

Canmore Museum & Geoscience Centre

902B 7th Avenue

Canmore, Alberta    

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From: Debbie Carrico [mailto:curator at cmags.org] 
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Debbie Carrico
Museum Director
Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre
902B 7th Avenue
Canmore, Alberta
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(403) 678-2462

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Hi,

We are considering taking on the local safe Halloween activity at our museum
next year. I am interested in learning about what other museums do around
Halloween.