Admission
Additional Ticket Required
Dates
Oct. 9–31, 2026
Presenting Sponsor
PNC

Tickets for The Children's Museum Guild's 62nd annual Haunted House—the museum's largest annual fundraiser—will go on sale Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026.

Class is in session at Fright Academy!
Your fellow students include the next generation of villains and monsters studying potions, magic, spellcasting, shadow shifting, and other delightfully creepy subjects. Is the library haunted? What culinary horrors await in the cafeteria?

Find out by buying a ticket to enroll—if you dare!

  • General Admission ticket: $9 per person*
  • Museum member ticket: $8 per person
Choose between Uranus Fudge Factory Friendly Hours and Frightening Hours.

*Haunted House ticket does not include admission to the museum.
Enter the Haunted House Coloring Contest

Children are invited to enter the Haunted House coloring contest. All entries must be received by 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, 2025.

Presented by Carmel Pediatric Dentistry and Penn Station East Coast Subs.

Children wearing Halloween costumes and looking up.
Family walking through dizzying tunnel.
Family screaming at Haunted House display.
Green monster with red eyes.
Children wearing costumes and posing in front of giant black cat and full moon.
Clown handing out candy.
Children screaming at monster with arms raised. Giant glowing skeleton with arms raised is in the background.
Child wearing noise canceling headphones receiving candy from a friendly witch.
Teenagers standing in front of black wall with large colorful dots and floating skeletons.
Family wearing costumes and screaming at something off screen.
Friendly Guild Witch handing out candy.

Over 60 years of FRIGHT!

The first Haunted House—an idea proposed by Guild member Dessie Partenheimer—opened in 1964. With 26,000 visitors over 10 days, it raised $13,200 for the museum.

The Haunted House has welcomed over 3.3 million visitors and the Guild has donated more than $17 million to the museum, including over $3 million the past six years! Through the Haunted House and other efforts, Guild members collectively contribute more than 36,000 volunteer hours each year and have assisted in nearly every area of the museum’s growth and development. 
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In-Kind Sponsors
today at the museum
Open today 10 am–5 pm