Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Clue Date Night 2018

Last Saturday, 30 couples joined us for a Clue-themed date night at the Bean Museum. The couples arrived in costume for a delicious Brick Oven catered dinner. While eating, they were able to interact with our eccentric guests, Mr. Green, Miss Scarlet, Colonel Mustard, Mrs. Peacock, Mrs. White, and Professor Plum.

Guests were greeted by the butler and head maid.

We loved seeing everyone's fancy and creative costumes!

This couple loved meeting Colonel Mustard.

After dinner, the head maid ran into the room, screaming. Luckily, the butler caught her when she fainted. The cause of her distress? Mr. Bean was murdered.


After this announcement, couples raced to solve riddles in order to narrow down who committed the murder, where, and with what weapon. At the Bean Museum, you won't find ordinary weapons, though. Potential murder weapons included a hippo tusk, poison sumac, porcupine quills, and a rattlesnake.

Can you solve Miss Scarlet's riddle? A son and engineer go fishing. The boy was the engineer's son but the engineer wasn't the boy's father. How was this possible? Answer in the comments!

In the end, one couple solved all the riddles, narrowed down all the possibilities, and solved the mystery. Mr Bean was murdered by Mrs. White with a rattlesnake in the dining room!


Thank you to all the couples who joined us for this fun event! You can find information about other events, including future date nights, on our website.


Thursday, November 1, 2018

Halloween Family Night 2018

Thanks to the 1500 who attended our annual Halloween Family Night this past Monday! We had a night full of fun Halloween crafts, shows, activities, and prizes.



Our photobooth is always a hit! This year, visitors got to meet Conservation Ken and Katy at the photobooth.


We had a full house in the auditorium for our three special Spooky Live Animal shows. Visitors got to meet a tarantula and a frog and even touch a ball python!



We made Frankenstein, cat, pumpkin, and sugar skull masks in the craft room!




A local wildlife rescue center brought some incredible live owls to the museum!



Visitors had fun looking for spooky animals and pumpkins around the museum and completing a bingo scavenger hunt. And of course getting their candy prizes for finding four-in-a-row!

Impromptu stroller parking lot


Halloween Family Night was a blast! We would love to see you next year. You can find more information about our events on our website.