The Missouri S&T Kummer Center for STEM Education is teaming up with the university’s Haunted Mine for a free, one-night-only event called “STEM in the Shadows” for K-12 students and their families. 

STEM in the Shadows will be held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, at the Experimental Mine, located at 12350 Private Drive 7002 in Rolla. All K-12 students who participate in a STEM Center activity on site will gain free admission to the mine. 

Admission costs $15 for adults and children age 11 and older, and $13 for children age 10 and younger, Missouri S&T students and members of the military with valid IDs. 

Guests can get a discount of up to $3 per person by bringing canned goods to donate to Russell House ($1 per item). On any open night before Halloween, groups with small children can walk through the mine with the lights on from 5-6 p.m. for $5 per child.  

“This will be a spooky and educational Halloween-themed event that takes you deep into a haunted mine, where science and scares meet,” says Roxanne Hanna, associate director of the Kummer Center for STEM Education. 

Families with younger children are encouraged to arrive early. From 4-6 p.m., the mine will be open for a “lights-on” tour with limited, non-scary actors. From 6-8 p.m., the full Haunted Mine experience begins with all the thrills, chills and jump scares for which the event is known.

About Missouri S&T

Missouri University of Science and Technology is a STEM-focused research university of over 7,000 students located in Rolla, Missouri. Part of the four-campus University of Missouri System, Missouri S&T offers over 100 degrees in 40 areas of study and is among the nation’s top public universities for salary impact, according to The Wall Street Journal. For more information about Missouri S&T, visit www.mst.edu.