Join the Academy Museum for a monstrously good time. The museum will host a fun-filled day of special effects makeup demonstrations, ghostly tours, special monster appearances, magic lantern shows, and activities.

SCHEDULE

11am–2pm | Community Monster Mural

Location: Walt Disney Company Piazza

Come and color in classic creatures by adding colors and drawings on a collaborative mural.

General admission ticket not required.

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10:30am–Noon and 1–2:30pm | Special Effects Makeup and Hair Demonstration

Location: Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby | L1

Join us for a scary good time with special effects transformations by Academy Award–winner Bill Corso and Academy Award–winner Yolanda Toussieng.

General admission ticket not required.

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1–5pm | Monster Meet and Greet

Location: Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby | L1

Come meet Universal Studios classic movie monsters, including the Bride of Frankenstein, Frankenstein, and Dracula for a special photo opportunity. It’ll be a scream.

General admission ticket not required.

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1pm, 2pm, and 3pm | Monsters and Heroes Encounters Tours

Location: L3

No need to be afraid of the dark on these family-friendly Monsters and Heroes Encounters tours. Creep through Stories of Cinema 3 and explore movie heroes and monsters—and those in-between—on a 30-minute guided tour of the Encounters and Effects galleries. Sightings of supernatural beings and superheroes could be around every corner.

Tours will meet on Level 3 at 1pm, 2pm, and 3pm. Tours have limited space and are first-come, first-served. Please arrive at the tour meeting place on Level 3 up to 10 minutes before the start of the tour to secure your spot.

Free with the purchase of a general admission ticket.

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2:30–5:30pm | Magic Lantern Show

Location: Shirley Temple Education Studio

Join experimental animator Melissa Ferrari and experience her wonderous take on the classic tradition of magic lantern phantasmagoria shows. Melissa incorporates a variety of handmade and antique slides that depict where science and the supernatural meet. Between performances, you can even design your own slide to take home.

Magic Lantern programming:

2:30pm | performance

3:30pm–4:30pm | drop-in activity

5pm | performance

Free with the purchase of a general admission ticket.