Fright at the Museum

10/31/2025

Decorations are going up for a fun night of trick or treating at Eastern Arizona Museum and Historical Society of Graham County Inc. Come by any time today to trick or treat, but from 4-7 pm you’ll be greeted by actors, plugged in props and additional surprises… See ya soon!!

10/30/2025

Come trick or treat at the museum!! Halloween night, 4-7 pm. Sure it’s not a full production like the haunt was, but your littles will have a great time! Candy from each room they’re brave enough to pass through…

10/28/2025

Fright at the museum may be over, but Pima still has plenty of Halloween activities!! Be sure to make it to the Pima PTO Carnival on Oct 30th and then join us Halloween night at Eastern Arizona Museum and Historical Society of Graham County Inc for trick or treating from 4-7pm. Walk through the museum to collect your treats... or your tricks... then get over to the Friday Night Lights at Pima High School. Be sure to save the date for the Pre-Holiday Bazaar as well. See ya soon!!

10/20/2025

What will you do on Halloween night without the haunted house? May we suggest you come trick or treat at the museum? We will have volunteers dressed up and ready to add to the bags of any trick or treaters that stop by. The museum will be open starting at 4pm, lights, fog machines and possibly the occasional spooky thing around the corner... Nothing like the production of a haunted house of course. but completely free to enter. Be sure to stop by, Halloween night only.

09/05/2025

After 6 great years of running Fright at the Museum, it has officially come to a close.

This fundraiser was conceived as a way to repair and restore the WM Carter Farm Museum. That goal has been achieved thanks to the community’s support and a grant from United Way of Graham & Greenlee Counties. We want to express our gratitude for the volunteers that made Fright at the Museum possible, and to all of you who attended over the years. It was an incredible experience to be a part of!

We don’t have the words to express our gratitude for your support, and we are just as sad as you are to see this tradition ending. It has become a part of the Gila Valley’s Halloween traditions and we’re sad to see it go.

A few quick Q&A

Why are you not doing it again?
The building is being used to house museum artifacts and pieces. With a new roof and electrical, the building will no longer be practical as a venue for the haunt.

Will you move to another location?
We considered trying to relocate to another venue. Issues of liability, safety, and practicality made it hard to find a location. Construction for the haunt usually started in September and went non-stop until opening night. Having proper electrical and protection from the weather during construction makes it hard to find suitable venues.

Will you do something else instead?
Yes, there are plans to return to our Chili Cook-Off that was previously hosted every October. We paused doing the cook-off while the haunted house was happening. We know these are completely different events, but we hope the community will continue to support the Eastern Arizona Museum & Historical Society by attending and participating.

What will we do for our Halloween tradition?
We know attending the haunt on Halloween night was a community favorite. The lines outside were a testament to this! So, we will have the main museum open on Halloween night and will be there dressed up and ready to receive your trick or treaters with strobes on, costumes on, music on and lights low. Come tour the museum in a spooky setting on Halloween! Stay for a while, or get a treat and go. We know it’s not the same as the haunted house, but we’ll keep the tradition of visiting the museum on Halloween night alive. See ya there!

08/20/2025

Come join us for a day of service! The time has come to get the artifacts and museum pieces moved back in the repaired Farm Museum. With enough help it'll be quick work. See ya there!

The WM Carter Farm Museum (down the street from Eastern Arizona Museum) has a new roof! Come grab a donut and help us move the artifacts back into the barn that were removed due to the damage to the roof. Saturday August 23rd 6:30-9:30am. WM Carter Farm Museum, 15 N. Main Street, Pima, AZ 85543

04/09/2025

Fright at the Museum has been going since 2019. The original goal was to raise money to repair the roof on the Carter farm museum. Thanks to United Way of Graham & Greenlee Counties that goal has been achieved!! Come join us at Heritage Days this weekend to see the progress.

11/01/2024

That’s a wrap for 2024. This crew is amazing!!! We say it every year, but we couldn’t do it without them! Hope you enjoyed their hard work. See you next year. Now we prepare for the new roof project! Also, make sure to visit Eastern Arizona Museum and Historical Society of Graham County Inc. Thur-Sat 10-3pm

10/30/2024

These 2 may look a bit scary, but don’t let that fool you. They’ve been the faces up front for the last 6 years helping regulate the flow of people, allowing those who aren’t quite brave enough to sit there with them, and weeding out those who can’t make it through the first section. If you can’t get past the witches laugh, you should probably just turn around… Halloween night is the last night for 2024. 7-9pm. See you there!

10/29/2024

Did you notice the small details as you worked your way through the tunnel? Volunteer Wes Foote sprays fresh cobwebs onto the walls using a web gun. The gun heats hot glue and sprays it out as “webs” Halloween is the only remaining night we’ll be open for 2024. 7-9pm

10/27/2024

When the whole family matches and looks this good in the clown section. You have to snap a quick picture 😂

10/27/2024

Night 3 is in the books. Only Halloween night left. 7-9pm