The Secret Society of Adultologists
The Secret Society of Adultologists: Spooky
Friday, October 21, 7-10 PM
Time to scream...with excitement. After two years in the dark, the Secret Society returns to the Museum just in time for spooky season. Don your Halloween costumes for this once-a-year 21+ event, featuring hands-on science, music, rooftop views, craft beers, craft cocktails, and, well, crafts.
Get nocturnal with The Nat once again. Tickets are $15 for members, $25 for nonmembers, and include access to all exhibitions and activities. Food and beverage available for purchase. Sorry, but this event is now sold out!
- Behind the scenes tour of the Dead Zoo taxidermy collection | also known as our Nature to You Loan Library
- Live music by La Diabla
- Haunted photo booth | pose with a carnivorous plant
- Photo-based scavenger hunt | inspired by our upcoming exhibition, Caught on Camera (with prizes)
- Costume contest | also with prizes, of course
- Secret Library | a rare peek behind the scenes (shhhh!)
- Tarot readings | with Laney and Le
- Blacklight drawing | with Sketchparty San Diego
- Visit the Dead Living Lab | see scorpions glow and watch spiders devour their prey
- Bone match game | test your skeleton smarts
- Craft a spider | with the Fleet Science Center
- Behind the scenes of Birds & Mammals | see the collection
- Paleo forensics | solve a prehistoric mystery
- Face your phobia | meet a live tarantula and a dead snake
- Flash art | with Seven Seas Tattoo
- Bats true or false
- Bootanicals | learn to use the Budburst app to advance science with San Diego Botanic Garden
- Dig up bones | in the paleo lab with our fossil-prep team
- Brew/boo | learn the basics of beer science with Burning Beard Brewing Co.
See the museum come alive after-hours and be a part of the Secret Society. All sales support the Museum's research, science, exhibitions, and education programs.
Gourmet tapas from local favorite Wolf in the Woods (located on the rooftop)
- Fall squash soup with crema, toasted almonds, and black kale (vegan option without crema) | $7
- Barbacoa short rib tacos with sweet onion, avocado and corn salsa, fresh cilantro, served with tortilla chips | one taco $5 / two tacos $9
- Bag of Bones: salted caramel slow-cooked pork ribs, chipotle lime potato salad | $15
- New Mexico red hatch chile dusted potato chips with green hatch chile sour cream dipping | $7
- Smoked Spanish paprika and pumpkin deviled eggs, sweet potato sticks | $6
Tasty east African bites from Red Sambusas (located in the Atrium) | 2 for $5 / 5 for $10 / 12 for $20
- Spinach (Vegan)
- Potato (Vegan)
- Lentil (Vegan)
- Coconut Cream (Vegetarian)
- Minced Beef
- Curry Chicken
Wine and specialty cocktails, along with craft beer from Burning Beard Brewery (bars will be located in the Atrium and rooftop)
- January 24, 2020: Time Machine
- September 20, 2019: ¡Californias!
- May 3, 2019: Garden Party
- February 8, 2019: Red
- November 16, 2018: Shiny, Pretty Things
- June 16, 2018: Adult Summer Camp
- February 9, 2018: Courtship, Love, and Sex in Nature
- September 29, 2017: Secret Society of Adultologists
