MOOSE JAW — The Western Development Museum (WDM) in Moose Jaw celebrated the spooky festivities of the season this past weekend with the return of its annual “Halloween Hurrah” family event.
Halloween Hurrah took place throughout the museum’s galleries on the afternoon of Oct. 26.
“When you come to the museum (during the event), you pick up an activity card and then you get to do each activity to get a stamp,” explained Alexis Jones, the museum’s programs and volunteer co-ordinator.
“Once you collect all of your stamps, you get a goodie bag,” she said. These goodie bags came with a selection of candies, a pencil and notebook, and other trinkets intended for younger guests courtesy of the museum.
This year’s Halloween-themed event saw a fairly steady influx of guests and Jones said her earliest estimate was “at least 100 visitors.” Halloween Hurrah contained six stations including a photo booth, web walker maze, a scarecrow craft station, “pin the nose on the pumpkin,” an eyeball bounce, and a witches’ hat ring toss.
This year’s lineup was double the size of last year’s Halloween event, Jones said, noting that last year only saw three event stations but the trend is heading in the right direction.
Jones is asking all guests who attended this year’s Halloween Hurrah event to leave feedback — in case they missed the feedback table near the entrance and exit to the event — to help the museum improve its activities for next year.
“We are happy to see everybody out in their costumes,” Jones said near the end of the program. “We had one kid who came as an elephant and he’s like, “I know there are no animals allowed, but you’ve got to make an exception.’ So, that was fun.”
For more information about the WDM and its ongoing program options, visit WDM.ca/Moose-Jaw. Alexis Jones can be reached by phone at 306-693-5989 or by email at [email protected].
The Western Development Museum in Moose Jaw is located at 50 Diefenbaker Drive.
