Event · Arts & crafts

Día de los Muertos at the Missouri History Museum

When

Sat, Nov 7 · 10:00 AM–5:00 PM

Where

Missouri History Museum5700 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63112Open in Google Maps ↗

Ages

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Cost

Free program; face painting free for kids 18 and younger, $12 for adultsASL interpretation with two weeks' advance notice (access@mohistory.org)

Organizer

Missouri Historical Society

Upcoming dates: Sat, Nov 7 · Sun, Nov 8

Two days of Día de los Muertos at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park, with Hispanic Festival Inc., Mexicanos en St. Louis and Latinx Arts Network. On both days you can see altars from a range of Latin American traditions and an art display, buy food and drinks on the north lawn, and visit Hispanic business resource tables. The family zones inside the museum offer make-and-take crafts such as paper flowers and calavera masks (10am-4pm), Cuentos en el Museo bilingual Spanish-English storytelling in the History Clubhouse at 10:30am, souvenir printmaking (12-4pm) and face painting (12-4pm; free for kids 18 and younger, $12 for adults). Saturday adds a DJ, an Opera Theatre of Saint Louis performance, live music by Grupo Sazon Jazz, dance performances at 1pm and 3pm, a Catrina contest at 4pm and a quarter-mile procession through Forest Park at about 4:30pm. Sunday adds WashU Carnaval Folklorico at 11:30am and Alma de Mexico St. Louis dance performances at 1pm and 3pm. The altars can also be previewed on Friday, November 6.