Mystic Seaport Museum invites you to What Lurks Beneath, an event where visitors explore the mysteries of the ocean and encounter sea creatures and legends.
What Lurks Beneath is suitable for all ages, with a variety of indoor and outdoor activities available. The event is primarily self-guided, with the Museum grounds decorated and lit up providing visitors with an immersive Halloween experience. New this year, visitors can choose between two tour options:
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Families and young children can take a self-guided walking tour featuring ghostly apparitions, playful spirits, and lost sailors.
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For ages 12 and up, a more thrilling adventure is offered with a guided tour led by a ghostly sailor to encounter deep-sea creatures and shipwrecked sailors.
Several exhibits will also be open, including Voyage to the Deep-Underwater Adventures, based on Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Spineless: A Glass Menagerie of Blaschka Marine Invertebrates, and Figureheads and Shipcarvings. Kids can enjoy crafting, games, and playtime on the mini-ship playscape. The Kraken tentacles climbing the rigging of the Charles W. Morgan provide a great photo opportunity, where visitors can meet ghostly sailors. Explore the ghostly ambiance of a seaport village at night as you stroll the waterfront and check out a séance, enjoy a fireside chat with one of our storytellers, grab a take-home card from the print shop, and more.
The event will also feature Halloween-themed food and drinks at Schaefer’s Spouter Tavern.
What Lurks Beneath runs on October 18, 19, 24, 25, and 26 with timed entries at 6:00 and 7:00 pm.
Become a Member and receive a discount for this special ticketed event:
Members: Adult $20, Youth $16
Non-members: Adult $25, Youth $20
Learn more and purchase tickets here.
About Mystic Seaport Museum
Mystic Seaport Museum is the nation’s leading maritime Museum. Founded in 1929 to gather and preserve the rapidly disappearing artifacts of America’s seafaring past, the Museum has grown to become a national center for research and education with the mission to “inspire an enduring connection to the American maritime experience.” The Museum’s grounds cover 19 acres on the Mystic River in Mystic, CT, and include a recreated New England coastal village, a working shipyard, formal exhibit halls, and state-of-the-art artifact storage facilities. The Museum is home to more than 500 historic watercraft, including four National Historic Landmark vessels, most notably the 1841 whaleship Charles W. Morgan. For more information, please visit mysticseaport.org and follow the Museum on Facebook, X, YouTube, and Instagram.
