Spooktacular

Event Details

Calling all gamers to the annual family-friendly Halloween celebration. Morph into your favorite video game character and join the gaming fun with activities and demonstrations inspired by the exhibit Pong to Pokémon: The Evolution of Electronic Gaming. Plus, explore the Museum's exhibits after hours at this FREE event.

• Explore science and gaming with Girlstart. Launch paper witch brooms, use color-coded programming to guide Ozobot^TM through a haunted house maze, build a video game slingshot, engineer a robotic hand controller prototype, explore eerie sounds with a Makey Makey floor piano, and have fun with always popular Boo Bubbles!
• Create clay Minecraft characters with Smudge Studios. Space is limited.
• Enjoy screenings of vintage Halloween cartoons. Space is limited.
• Hit the dance floor and shake your bones to music the whole family will enjoy.
• Explore the museum exhibits, including Pong to Pokémon: The Evolution of Electronic Gaming and American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition.

Spooktacular is presented in partnership with Girlstart, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing girls' interest and engagement in science, technology, engineering, and math through innovative, nationally-recognized informal STEM education programs.

Support for the Bullock Museum's exhibitions and education programs provided by the Texas State History Museum Foundation.