The Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary is running two Halloween nights back to back this week, one for adults on Friday and its family trick-or-treat event on Saturday, and both have limited tickets that will not be sold at the gate once they run out.
The museum, a 289-acre nature preserve and museum at 1 Nature Place in McKinney, will close to regular visitors at 3 p.m. both days to set up, and reopen at 6 p.m. for the ticketed events, according to its event pages.
Friday: Fright at the Museum, 21 and older
Fright at the Museum runs from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, and no one under 21 will be admitted. Tickets are $39 a person, with $5 off for Heard members, and include two drinks from a selection of Tupps beer, wine, soda or water. Members also need the special event ticket.
The evening includes a mini trick-or-treat trail along the museum's Dinosaurs Live! exhibit, an outdoor movie in the amphitheater, a haunted forest that opens after the movie, a fortune-telling cottage and a costume contest. Food will be sold on site.
Saturday: Halloween at the Heard
The family event, Halloween at the Heard, is from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17. Families trick-or-treat along the Dinosaurs Live! trail of animatronic dinosaurs, and the museum plans to show "How to Train Your Dragon" in the amphitheater after trick-or-treating. The Heard says the event sells out every year.
Tickets are $16 for adults and $12 for children ages 3 to 12, and children 2 and under get in free. Heard members save $5 a ticket. The event page also lists a seniors' rate for ages 60 and up but does not show the price.
