Halloween at the Natural History Museum

If a big, imposing Gothic revival museum full of giant animal skeletons sounds like the perfect place to celebrate the spookiest holiday of the year, then head to the Natural History Museum’s Halloween party this October 31. Guests are encouraged to don their best fancy dress – anyone know where we can find a blue whale costume? – for the after-hours knees-up, where you can bust some moves at a silent disco in the spectacular Hintze Hall, explore the museum’s galleries after dark and check out the current Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. There are also two special tours you can join on the evening for an additional fee; a Spooky Tour around the museum’s ‘all-time strangest specimens’, or the Tank Room Tour, taking you round ‘jars upon jars containing specimens from across the world preserved in alcohol’. Gross!