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Halloween at UCL museums
4th October 2018
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Something strange is happening at UCL museums this Halloween…
Take your pick of not one, but two eerie evening events. Drinks included and dressing up strongly encouraged!
Click here for a monstrous talk at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Click here for a ghoulish late opening at the Grant Museum of Zoology
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