PICKENS — The Pickens County Museum of Art and History will get the Halloween fun started early when it hosts an event Oct. 31 from 3:30-5 p.m. offering treats, popcorn and a costume contest.

The museum is partnering with Cannon Hospital and the City of Pickens for all of the Halloween fun and festivities.

The costume contest will begin at 4:30 p.m. Prizes will be handed out for all winners.

Plenty of parking will be available, and Main Street is only two blocks away, so the museum event is the perfect warm-up before the main event in downtown Pickens.

The program is part of the museum’s continuing effort to provide a variety of entertaining and educational programming for the community.

The museum is funded in part by Pickens County, members and friends of the museum and a grant from the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

For more information, contact the museum at (864) 898-5963.