
AMNR’s Holiday of Lights returns for five festive weekends in 2025, beginning the Friday and Saturday before Thanksgiving and continuing every Friday and Saturday night through the weekend before Christmas. Visitors can enjoy the event on November 21–22, November 28–29, December 5–6, December 12–13, and December 19–20, from 6 to 9 p.m. (last entry at 8:30 p.m.). Admission is $10 per vehicle. Though not a drive-through, the lighted walking trail is a quarter mile long, and wheelchairs are available. Guests can enjoy hot chocolate in the Museum Lobby, shop in the Museum Gift Shop, and visit with Santa Claus for free photographs on Saturday, November 22, and Saturday, December 6, from 6–8 p.m. The museum galleries will be closed during the event.