EVENT
Tricks and Treats
October 25, 2025
11:00 AM–3:00 PM
Calling all werewolves, zombies, and mad scientists! Join us at the Waterworks Museum for a ghoulishly good time at our Tricks and Treats event on Saturday, October 25th from 11am – 3pm! Collect candy while trying your hand (or claws) at special crafts and activities, including balloon rocket bats, paper masks, and monster microbe puppets. Make your own musical instrument and take part in a costume parade! Play fun Halloween-themed games and even win some prizes! We will also be offering special access to the Allis Pumps in the basement. Just make sure to watch out for ghosts (and vampires)!
Tickets are only $5 per participant and parents, guardians, and chaperones (as well as babies in arms) are free! As part of our commitment to the Mass Cultural Council’s Card to Culture program, this fee will be waived for EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders.
Upcoming Events
Great Engines Hall
The centerpiece of the Waterworks Museum is its collection of steam engines. Three original coal-powered, steam-driven water pumps are preserved at the Museum and are monuments to 19th century technology and innovation. Leavitt, Worthington, and Allis stand in the Great Engines Hall and reach more than 3 stories tall. Walk around each and see the multitude of perfectly engineered parts that pumped million gallons of freshwater a day into the City of Boston.