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HALLOWEEN MUSEUMS, GALLERIES & TOURS

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Los Angeles Halloween Museum Exhibitions, Art Galleries & Haunted Tours

Here you will find an eclectic list of high-culture and historical Halloween events in Los Angeles: night galleries devoted to macabre painting, photographs, and carvings; museums revealing secrets of death, dying, and spiritualism; historical tours emphasizing the sordid and the supernatural; and midnight ramblings among gravestones in real cemeteries. Whether you enjoy the subtle shivers of wandering through allegedly haunted locations or the refined pleasures of appreciating macabre art, this is the place for you.

The fright factor of these Los Angeles Halloween art galleries, museum exhibitions, and cemetery tours varies widely. Museums use the season to generate interest in customs related to Halloween and beliefs in the afterlife. Cemetery tours tend to be educational in nature, emphasizing history rather than horror. Art galleries may be eerie but seldom frightful, and outdoor art shows of lighted pumpkins can be outright festive.

On this page, you will find:

  • Updates: the latest news about Halloween Museums, Galleries & Tours
  • Best Museums, Galleries & Tours: our recommendations
  • Alphabetical List: established Halloween exhibitions and excursions that return on an annual basis. These link to pages dedicated to events, containing video, photos, and reviews too unwieldy to squeeze onto this page.
  • Year-Round Venues: Museums and Galleries that exhibit horror-themed art year round, making them especially appropriate during the Halloween season.
    One-Shots and Recent Additions: Information on interesting Halloween displays and tours that have yet to establish themselves as perennials.

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Los Angeles Halloween Museums, Galleries & Tours: Updates

Get the latest news about Halloween Art Displays and Tours:

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Best Halloween Museums, Galleries & Tours

Here are the Halloween Museums, Galleries & Tours we recommend. Included are returning events with an established reputation and new ones we have reviewed..

Haunted Haddonfield

Halloween 2023: This year's presentation, titled Welcome to Haddonfield 1978, will focus on John Carpenter's original Halloween rather than the sequels and reboots. Dates: September 2 through October 31. Opening Night Reception on September 2, 7-10pm. Hours: Wednesday 12-5pm, Friday  12-6pm, Saturday 12-8pm, Sunday 12-5pm. Closed Monday & Tuesday. Tickets: ...
Icons of Darkness Exhibition

Icons of Darkness Exhibition

2023 Status: The engagement remains open, with no fixed closing date. Tickets are sold up to a month in advance. Because the available space is limited, exhibits are rotated in and out over time, meaning you may see something different if you go back months later. The proprietors are looking ...

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Halloween Museums, Galleries & Tours: Alphabetical List

The Museum Exhibitions, Art Galleries & Haunted Tours listed here are predominantly ones that return every Halloween.

Boney Island

2023 Status: After a four-year hiatus, Boney Island reopens this Halloween in a brand new Location: the National History Museum of Los Angeles. Set in the museum's Nature Gardens, Boney Island offers a haunting show ...

Haunted Haddonfield

Halloween 2023: This year's presentation, titled Welcome to Haddonfield 1978, will focus on John Carpenter's original Halloween rather than the sequels and reboots. Dates: September 2 through October 31. Opening Night Reception on September 2, ...
Heritage Square Museum Witch! 2022

Heritage Square Museum Mourning Faire

2023 Dates & Hours: October 15, 11am - 5pm. Heritage Square Museum has rebranded its Halloween & Mourning Tours as Victorian Mourning Faire. Additional Halloween-themed events are scheduled in October: Saturday October 7: Edgar Allen ...

Hollywood Forever Cemetery Walking Tour

2023 Date & Hours: Sunday, October 15. Tours commence every 20 minutes between 9am and 11am. Tickets: $18 for ADSLA members, $28 for non-members in advance; $20 for ADSLA members, $30 for non-members at the ...
Icons of Darkness Exhibition

Icons of Darkness Exhibition

2023 Status: The engagement remains open, with no fixed closing date. Tickets are sold up to a month in advance. Because the available space is limited, exhibits are rotated in and out over time, meaning ...
Long Beach Historical Cemetery Tour 2014: Rhea

Long Beach Historical Cemetery Tour

2022 Date & Hours: Saturday, October 29, 9am-3pm. Tours take three hours to complete, with the last presentations beginning at 2:40pm. Tickets (presale): $25 for non-members, $20 for members, $8 for ages 5-18. Tickets are ...

Monsters, Mummies & Mayhem

2022 Status: Since closing during the 2020 pandemic, Hollywood Museum has reopened its Dungeon of Doom, which guests can visit during regular business. The museum still promotes Monsters, Mummies & Mayhem as an annual Halloween ...

Paramount Pictures After Dark Tour: Tales from the Other Side

2023 Update: Since the 2020 pandemic lockdown, the Paramount After Dark Tour is officially "on hiatus." Paramount informs us that the tour may return this fall, but we are waiting for confirmation. Meanwhile, regular daytime ...

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Los Angeles Halloween Museums, Galleries & Tours: Year-Round Events

Year-round Los Angeles museums and galleries such the Dungeon of Doom in the Hollywood Museum and SugarMynt Gallery (listed above) offer special presentations for Halloween. Also of interest is the Chamber of Horrors in the Hollywood Wax Museum.

Hollywood Wax Museum

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Los Angeles Halloween Art, Exhibits & Tours Not (Yet) On Our Permanent List

Below are any Halloween Museum Exhibitions, Art Galleries & Haunted Tours that have yet to be added to our list above. Any that become established perennials will find a place among our permanent listings.

Halloween Tour
Grier Musser Museum
403 S Bonnie Brae Street
Los Angeles, CA 90057
(213) 413-1814
Website: griermussermuseum.org

The Grier Musser Museum decks out the museum’s 1898 Queen Anne Victorian house with historical Halloween decorations during October. Tours take place on the last Sunday before Halloween at 1pm & 2:30pm. Halloween memorabilia remains on display through October 31.