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Origins: Halloween and Día de los Muertos

by Rebecca Selem, Exhibits and Communications Coordinator There is much to be said about the origins of Halloween and Día de los Muertos, but for now, please enjoy this brief summary explaining where and how these holidays came to be. Halloween was not always the holiday we know it to be. In fact, it took [...]

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