Celtic Halloween at the Aquincum Museum, 31 October 2024, 16.00-23.00
The BHM Aquincum Museum invites one and all to an exciting, Celtic-themed, late-night event on 31 October between 16:00 and 23:00! The Halloween event will feature a Celtic fire duel, costume contest, crafts, and much more.
EVENTS
16:00-20:00 Celtic lifestyle and dress demonstration
16:00-22:00 Test your skills games
16:00-20:00 Halloween scavenger hunt (in HU)
16:30-20:00 Arts and crafts (pumpkin carving, abracadabra, ghoulish jar, animal mask)*
16:30-20:00 Face painting*
17:00-17:30 Archaeological talk – M. Attila Horváth: Burial customs and rituals at the Celtic cemetery on Csepel Island (in HU)
17:00-21:00 Fortune telling from stones (in HU)
17:00-22:30 “Inscape” room (in HU)
17:30-18:00 Eraviscan dress demonstration (in HU)
17:30-21:00 Fortune telling from apples (in HU)
18:00-18:30 Celtic tales for children (in HU)
18:45-19:00 Celtic fire duel
19:15-19:35 Costume contest for adults and children
19:30-20:00 Archaeological talk – Dániel Langer: Witches are real? Beliefs of the Hungarian Conquest Period in light of the archaeological finds (in HU)
19:35-20:00 Celtic tales for adults (in HU)
20:00-20:20 Carved pumpkin beauty contest
20:30-20:45 Celtic fire duel
21:00-21:15 Fire juggling demonstration
21:30-22:20 Irish dancehall
21:30-22:00 Archaeological talk – Zsófia Zsuzsanna Kelemen: Celtic still or already Roman? Identity in Eraviscan burials (in HU)
22:30-22:50 Samhain tales: the story of the shield-breaker (Celtic burial and sacrifices) (in HU)
We reserve the right to make changes to the programme!
*To participate in these activities, visitors must purchase arts and crafts tickets, which are sold at the ticket office until 19:00, or until stocks last. Arts and crafts tickets can be used until 19:30 and cannot be refunded.
Tickets can be purchased at the Aquincum Museum’s ticket office and online on Aquincum.jegy.hu .
Ticket prices:
Adult: 2500 HUF/person
Student/pensioner: 1250 HUF/person
Family (2 adults 2 children): 6250 HUF/family
During the event the usual discounts are not valid. The event can be visited free of charge by people with a Ukrainian passport or other documents proving their Ukrainian refugee status. The event can be further visited free of charge by journalists, people with disabilities and their companion (1 companion per person), visitors under the age of 6, visitors over the age of 70 and teachers accompanying school groups as well as tour guides accompanying tourist groups. Upon request, the eligibility for discounts must be verified at the venue.
Free entry for visitors with a valid address card with a permanent address in District 3, upon registration at the entrance.
By purchasing a ticket, Visitors accept the Regulations.
On 31 October, on account of the Samhain – Celtic Halloween event, the BHM Aquincum Museum can be visited exclusively between 16:00 and 23:00!
