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On Sunday Oct. 27 the spirits of Halloween and Día de los Muertos transform the galleries of flight into The Museum of Fright. It will be a day of family games, workshops and scary stories, plus special greetings with actor Melanie Kohn–the voice of Lucy van Pelt in many of the animated Charlie Brown films. Museum activities will also engage the traditions of Día de Muertos, and look at Latinos/as/es who have had a role in the story of aviation and aerospace.
Special events will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and all are included with general admission. Kids 17 and under wearing a costume will receive free Museum admission for the day (costume discount not available online).
Schedule
Day of the Dead Community Ofrenda
10 a.m. to noon; 1 to 4 p.m.
The Museum’s Community Ofrenda will honor those who have passed and in celebration of Día de los Muertos. Visitors can color their own sugar skull, create a “Papel Picado” and learn about Latinos/as/es in aerospace.
Family Craft Activities
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Freaky Face Painting
Family Workshop
Mysterious Math with the Seattle Universal Math Museum
Spooky Crafting Table
Perilous Pin Design with Tomato Tomato Creative
Meet the Voice Behind Charlie Brown’s Friend Lucy
11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Actor Melanie Kohn will greet visitors in her Psychiatric Help boo-th. Kohn was the voice of Lucy van Pelt in many of the 1970s animated Charlie Brown films including Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown, It’s a Mystery, Charlie Brown, It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown, You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown, and the full-length feature film Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown.
Spooky World War II Stories
11 a.m.; 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.
Gather inside the dark old Quonset Hut and hear scary war stories.
Mad Scientists Dry Ice and Electricity Booths
11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Kids will be enthralled by the mad scientists and their daring demonstrations with bolts of electricity and creepy clouds of dry ice.
Founded in 1965, the independent, nonprofit Museum of Flight is one of the largest air and space museums in the world, annually serving over 600,000 visitors. The Museum’s collection includes more than 160 historically significant airplanes and spacecraft, from the first fighter plane (1914) to today’s 787 Dreamliner. Attractions at the 23-acre, 5-building Seattle campus include the original Boeing Company factory, the NASA Space Shuttle Trainer, Air Force One, Concorde, Lockheed Blackbird and Apollo Moon rockets. In addition to the Seattle campus adjacent to King County International Airport, the Museum also has its 3-acre Restoration Center and Reserve Collection at Paine Field in Everett (not currently open to the public).
With a foundation of aviation history, the Museum is also a hub of news and dialogue with leaders in the emerging field of private spaceflight ventures. The Museum’s aviation and space library and archives are the largest on the West Coast. More than 150,000 individuals are served annually by the Museum’s onsite and outreach educational programs. The Museum of Flight is accredited by the American Association of Museums, and is an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.
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Angela Decker, from McPherson, Kansas, discovered her passion for aviation after earning a Master’s in Military History from Norwich University in 2011. Since 2012, she has volunteered with vintage aviation groups, excelling as a social media content creator and coordinator. Angela has coordinated aviation and WWII events, appeared as Rosie the Riveter, and is restoring a Stearman aircraft. She is the Operations Logistics Coordinator at CAF Airbase Georgia and an accountant with a degree in Economics from the University of Georgia. Her son, Caden, shares her love for aviation and history and is studying Digital Media Arts.
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