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Mütter Museum
Spend Halloween browsing the vast collection of medical oddities at The Mütter Museum. The museum, founded in the 1800s to educate future doctors about anatomy and human medical anomalies, provides visitors a unique glimpse into medical history with the plaster cast of the torso of world-famous Siamese Twins and their conjoined livers, Joseph Hyrtl's collection of skulls, the preserved body of the "Soap Lady," and much more. This October 31, from 10am-5pm is the 2nd Annual Day of the Dead Festival at 19 South 22nd Street, Philadelphia.

October 30 - November 6

The Mütter Museum celebrates Halloween with the 2nd annual Day of the Dead Festival, this Saturday, October 31, from 10am-5pm, included with museum admission at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 19 South 22nd Street, Philadelphia.

Rittenhouse Row hosts a Halloween Celebration on Saturday, October 31, 10am-5pm with trick or treating, a costume contest, dance party, children's activities and more, Philadelphia.

160 years after his mysterious death, Edgar Allan Poe returns with his most terrifying tales and poems in Brat Productions' "Haunted Poe," with performances Halloween night & Sunday night, November 1, 7pm, 38 Jackson Street, Philadelphia.

On display at the Gershman Y's Open Lens Gallery is "Coney Island Always," with photographs of the iconic landmark, through November 22, 401 South Broad Street at Pine Street, Philadelphia.

The group exhibition "State of the Union: Contemporary Craft in Dialogue," featuring the work of 12 artists in a variety of media can be seen at the Philadelphia Art Alliance through January 3, 251 South 18th Street, Philadelphia.