Puerto Rico museums and cultural centers have prepared a slate of Halloween-season events blending art, culture and education for families. On Thursday, October 29, from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM, the Museo de Las Américas at Cuartel de Ballajá in Old San Juan holds 'Noche de Catrinas,' celebrating Mexico’s Día de los Muertos with music, traditional dances, altars by Puerto Rican artists honoring national figures and social causes, artisans, food and museum exhibitions.
On Friday, October 30, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (MAC) stages its fifth 'MAC Embrujado,' inspired by the exhibition 'Diasporican Abstraction: Identities Beyond Representation,' with workshops turning everyday materials into art, an artists’ market and a piñata. On Saturday, October 31, the Centro Criollo de Ciencia y Tecnología del Caribe (C3Tec) in Caguas hosts the Festival del Murciélago from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with archaeology, karst experiments, petroglyph modeling and virtual cave experiences.
Also that Saturday, the Museo de San Juan offers its fifth Día de Muertos celebration with the Mexican Consulate in Puerto Rico from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM and Sunday, November 1, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM; the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico runs pumpkin-decorating from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM; and the Museo de Arte y Diseño de Miramar (MADMi) offers a ceramic tombstone workshop led by ceramist Gizelle Castro from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.