Day of the Dead Celebration

Name: Day of the Dead Celebration
Start: 2025-11-01T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-11-01T16:00:00-04:00
Location: Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge MA

Schedule

Sat Nov 01 2025 at 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge MA | Cambridge, MA

Leer en español: https://tinyurl.com/HarvardDayoftheDead
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.
Photo © EJSP Visual | Julieta Sarmiento