October is full of haunts and jaunts at Lockwood-Mathews

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will offer visitors a frightfully good time at its upcoming Halloween Costume Party and Ghostly Sightings Tours.

On Oct. 27 and Oct. 31, the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum at 295 West Ave. in Norwalk will invite visitors of all ages to celebrate Halloween, and explore the darker memories of this National Historic Landmark.

An adult event, 21 and over, the Haunted Mansion Costume Party on Saturday, Oct. 27, from 7 to 11 p.m., will embrace the Collins family attire worn on the TV drama House of Dark Shadows, which was filmed at the mansion in the 70s. The Haunted Basement Tour will introduce guests to the rarely seen cavernous underbelly of the building, which will be transformed into an eerie dungeon on the night of the party.

The Ghostly Sightings Tours on Wed. Oct. 31, 12-4 p. m, will focus on the history of the house, when it was a private residence, between 1868 and 1938.

For the costume party, the museum invites guests to dress in their scariest or most imaginative costume and enjoy a night filled with dark "Collins family fun," dancing, prizes--and a perfectly good scare.canada goose jackets All proceeds will benefit the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum.RadioShack Cycling Readings by the Psychic Tea Room of Norwalk will be available upon request. Light dinner, drinks and Halloween treats will be catered by Outdoor Cookers Catering and Event Planning.SAXO BANK Cycling

General admission to the party, which includes dinner, drinks and dancing is $75 (for adults 21 and over). Tickets for psychic readings range from $25 to $40 and tickets for Haunted Basement Tour will be $10.A special ticket price of $99.99 will include the party, one palm reading and the Haunted Basement Tour.

All ticket sales are final and cannot be refunded. The Haunted Mansion Halloween Costume Party is chaired by Trustee Doug Hempstead and sponsored in part by SL Powers, Ring's End, BJ Ryan's, BJ Ryan's Banc House and Hatch and Bailey. Haunted Basement design courtesy of Greg Kling, Photography: Amber Meyer; Grave Rubbings by Rita I Phillips; Flyer design courtesy of Ellen Letkowski. All proceeds to benefit the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum.

By showing their "Haunted Mansion Halloween Party " tickets, visitors can continue their ghostly explorations with the Norwalk Historical Society's Haunting at Mill Hill Lantern tour through the graveyard at Mill Hill Historic Park on either Friday, the Oct. 26 or Saturday, Oct. 27. Reservations recommended. For information and tickets: www.norwalkhistoricalsociety.org

The Ghostly Sightings Tours on Wed. Oct. 31 from 12 to 4 p.m. will be $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $6 for children and young adults

Docents will take visitors through the first floor of the Museum and discuss the darker memories of this National Historic Landmark.

LMMM's 2012 programs are made possible in part by generous contributions from LMMM's Distinguished Benefactors: Xerox Foundation,moncler jackets men Klaff's, Maurice Goodman Foundation and Mrs. Cynthia C. Brown.