Event

The Lyman After Dark: A Spooky Halloween Tour

Friday, October 30, 2026 18:30to20:30
Lyman Entomological Museum, Centennial Centre
Price: 
Free
Lyman Entomological Museum beetle specimen case

Join us at the reopened Lyman Entomological Museum for a spooky Halloween tour!

You will be led on a 30 minute guided tour of the second largest collection of creepy crawly insects in Canada at night — try not to shiver!

  • 18:30 - 19:00: English Tour
  • 19:00 - 19:30: French Tour
  • 19:30 - 20:00: English Tour
  • 20:00 - 20:30: French Tour

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Discover the other Halloween activities offered on campus that evening!


Located on the McGill Macdonald Campus, the Lyman Entomological Museum houses nearly three million insect specimens and is the second largest insect collection in Canada and the largest university-based insect collection in the country. The collection supports research, teaching, and biodiversity studies. It contains significant collections of butterflies and moths, beetles, flies, grasshoppers and crickets, among many other groups.

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