# Halloween Family Fun Weekend at the Museum of Natural History and Planetarium > Event for families in the Providence–Warwick area (RI / MA). Times are Eastern Time. - When: Sat, Oct 31 (+1 more date) · 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM - Where: Museum of Natural History and Planetarium, Roger Williams Park, 1000 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RI 02907 - Ages: Families; children under 4 free - Price: Free with Museum admission ($2; free for members and children under age 4) - Organizer: Museum of Natural History and Planetarium (City of Providence Parks) - Official page: https://www.providenceri.gov/museum/ - Last checked: Sat, Oct 24 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/providence/activities/halloween-family-fun-weekend-at-the-museum-of-natural-history-and-plan--listing-09d8cffbcbb678d895e8c579 ## About A not-so-spooky Halloween weekend at Providence's natural history museum in Roger Williams Park. From 10 am to 4 pm children can explore eerie specimens brought out from the museum's vaults, put together a skeleton puzzle, make a spider hat, complete a Halloween Museum Quest around the galleries and meet some of the museum's unusual creatures. From 1 to 2 pm a plasma globe demonstration shows electricity glowing and dancing inside the globe, and the day can end with a planetarium show. 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