Learn more about this joyful holiday, a national symbol of Mexico.

• enjoy craft activities

• personalize a sugar skull (extra fee)

• watch a concert of mariachi music with folk dancing at 1:30

• savor traditional pan de muerto (extra fee)

• write a message to departed loved ones for the museum altar

• purchase alebrijes, Oaxacan wood carvings

• hot chocolate and beverages available for purchase

Regular museum admission rates apply. Activities are free except where noted. Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage, a 7-minute walk to the museum.

Presented by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture in collaboration with the Consulate General of Mexico in Boston and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.