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The NHM is giving a new home to Boney Island in Exposition Park, allowing families to walk the Halloween Lights Experience for the first time since 2018. But now, you don't need to trek to Sherman Oaks and disturb the neighbors; the Natural History Museum will transform its Nature Gardens into a not-so-scary interactive light-up experience for all ages.

Traditionally, Boney Island is as family-friendly as a haunt can be. Every inch of free space is filled with skeletons, most of whom are engaging in some form of magic trick, including interactive optical illusions and a crowd-pleasing mind-reading skeleton (if you figure out the trick, don't spill the beans!). The biggest highlight is an impressive musical light show with glow-in-the-dark fountains shooting phosphorescent streams of water high in the air under the direction of a wise-cracking skeleton host.

We will have to see how many familiar illusions return, but one thing we know is that the museum is putting its own spin on the event as well, by adding artistic performances, real fossils, live animal presentations, and trick-or-treating.

Tickets go on sale on August 24, with early access for museum members on August 22. The show starts haunting on September 28, and tickets are $25 for non-members, $20 for members. Check out our event listing for updates to dates, times, and ticket information as soon as it becomes available.