Boney Island at NHM

Just in time for Halloween, the Natural History Museum will transform its Nature Gardens into a hauntingly whimsical interactive light-up experience for all ages. Featuring familiar sights for long-time Boney Island fans – skeletons performing rope tricks, levitating through hoops, shadow puppetry and more – NHM will put its own spin on the event with artistic performances, real fossils, live animal presentations, trick-or-treating, and other ghoulishly glowing installations. Explore the garden paths, as creepy crawlies, silly skeletons and carnivores from the Cretaceous abound!

Nature Gardens Transformed
Wander through the gardens and encounter packs of festively fiendish animals celebrating Halloween in the Deadwood Forest, meet talking and singing plants in the Hauntington Gardens, and discover prehistoric creatures in the Prime Evil Pass. Take a stroll through the Haunted Hallowe’en Light Trail, hear a skeleton orchestra playing classical music, and enjoy a haunted-mansion cauldron water show.

Surprise demonstrations from the NHM Live Animals team, special presentations of Museum Collections, and performances will take place at the Magic Theater near the Pirates Pond!*

Food trucks, photo ops, and exclusive Boney Island merchandise will be available during the event.

*Magic Theater stage presentations are not guaranteed every night and are subject to change. 

About Boney Island
Boney Island was created by The Simpsons producer, Rick Polizzi, for his family more than 20 years ago. A play on Brooklyn’s iconic Coney Island, it grew from a front yard display to a huge affair in Griffith Park with a cult-like following of Halloween lovers of all ages. The attraction closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, after a three-year hiatus, NHM is excited to partner with Boney Island to bring back the crowd-pleasing event.