Learn more about the joyful holiday, the Day of the Dead, a national symbol of Mexico.

• enjoy craft activities

• personalize a sugar skull (extra fee)

• watch a concert of mariachi music with folk dancing at 1:30

• savor traditional pan de muerto (extra fee)

• write a message to departed loved ones for the museum altar

• purchase alebrijes, Oaxacan wood carvings

• hot chocolate and beverages available for purchase

See website for full details and schedule.

Regular museum admission rates apply. Activities are free except where noted. Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage, a 7-minute walk to the museum. 

Presented by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture in collaboration with the Consulate General of Mexico in Boston and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.

Photo © EJSP Visual|Julieta Sarmiento