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Object of the Week for October 25

Hallowe'en Joys

This postcard, written in 1911, expresses the sentiments well! An object in the National Air and Space Museum's Krainik Ballooning Collection, which has hundreds of ballooning memorabilia, it features three jack-o-lantern balloons flown by black cats.

Spooky Storytelling from the National Museum of the American Indian

Links

  1. Read the back of the postcard here!
  2. Get inspired by Yayoi Kusama's Pumpkin at the Hirshhorn
  3. Scared of spiders? Don't meet this animal at the National Zoo
  4. Get some costume inspiration from this witchy artifact at the American History Museum
  5. Check out "Air & Scare at Home!"
  6. Love candy? Check out SI's spotlight on chocolate