Dead Is Cool.

October 28th, 2023

Scary Science Treats!

Date: Sunday, October 28, 2023

Time: 12-5 pm

General Admission Cost:

Nonmembers: $12 adults | $10 kids 4-12 | 3 & Under Free
Members attend for FREE

What better way to spend your Rockford Halloween weekend than among the dead at the Burpee Museum? From taxidermy to fossils to wet collections…Burpee is Scary Cool!

A family-friendly way to enjoy the holiday with science demos, dissections, and displays!! Nature will make you scream with joy and maybe a little spooky fright!

Costumes encouraged!!

Science Demonstrations, experiments, explosions, smoke, and glowing nature!

Amazing Animals & Plants: Burpee is a library of dead leaves, reptiles, dinosaurs, and so much more. Explore with us!

Bones & Fossils: Don’t mind us…we have been dead for a long time!

Stations that will beguile you:

Creatures of the Night – Vampire Bat Skull
Lung inflation
Paper skull construction and take-home craft
Haunted Graveyard – not too scary (Things get scarier (PG-13) after 5 if you plan to attend HAUNTED BURPEE, tickets sold separately)
Exploration of bones and more BONES!
Mad Scientist Lab
Scavenger Hunt

Interested in the Adult Spooktacular Event? Click Here to Learn about Haunted Burpee!