This Halloween at Dalnavert, join us for a variety of events for a variety of ages. Whether you're looking to have some scary fun or expand your knowledge of history, there’s something for everyone!
Our full Halloween programming line-up launches September 19th.
Join collections registrar Inés Bonacossa for this installment of the Language of Dalnavert lecture series all about mourning dress.
Seances and spiritualism were quite popular within the Victorian Era. Death became a sort of friend to the Victorians; knocking on doors, often coming with traditions such as mourning wear, locks of hair being worn in a brooch or locket, or ring; even death photography which was popular during this time, allowed for a commemoration of deceased loved ones.
Whether you’ve missed out on the Victorian Vampire Tour and are looking to catch a little of Dr. Vanessa Warne’s vampire insight or you’re doing some pre-reading to impress the professor, keep reading for answers to all your most-pressing vampire questions.
While some Halloween traditions have remained consistent, most have altered with time and cultural shifts. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that the ever-subtle Victorians and those who came before celebrated Halloween a little differently than those of us in the 21st Century.
On July 24th 1904, Sir Hugh John Macdonald experienced a supernatural encounter.
This Halloween, Dalnavert is trying something new: a Dracula-themed escape house! But what is an escape house? Why are we doing this? How did this happen? There are answers to these questions and more in this blog post.