Museum Exhibit, Events Explore Halloween’s Scary Past
Topeka, Kan. - infoZine - Haunted History, a new special exhibit opening September 9, 2005 at the Kansas Museum of History, highlights fun and frightening displays and explores the significance of the popular Halloween holiday. The exhibit runs through October 31. A special Haunted History event for families and adults will be held Sunday, October 30. Tricks & Treats at the Boo-seum for youngsters will be held Monday, October 31.
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A special section includes scary objects from the museum’s collection.
The scarier items include embalming equipment used 1950-1980 at funeral homes in Olathe, Hugoton, and Argonia; bloodletting tools used by a surgeon in the Civil War; a straightjacket from the Osawatomie State Hospital; a 1902 Ouija Board used in Wichita; a plaster mask of Boris Karloff made before his death; a letter penned by Braum Stoker, author of Dracula, while he worked for Sir Henry Irving in 1898; a Tiffany reproduction “Bat” lamp; a classic Dracula movie poster featuring Bela Lugosi; and a collection of Day of the Dead figurines from Salina resident.
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