SHELBURNE, Vt. (December 29, 2025)—Due to extreme weather forecast for today, Shelburne Museum’s Winter Lights will be closed on Monday, December 29, 2025.
Ticketholders can use their tickets on any other walk-through evening during the season, which runs through January 4. There is no need to rebook or renew a reservation.
Now in its fifth season, Winter Lights illuminates the dark days of winter with magic and wonder. Visitors stroll the museum’s grounds, where iconic landmarks are transformed into a glittering wonderland. Thousands of colorful lights will adorn favorite stops along the way, including the historic 220-foot steamboat Ticonderoga, its companion 1871 Lighthouse, the twinkling forest of Beach Woods, and a charming model train installation in the Diamond Barn.
On select Saturday evenings, visitors can enjoy watching local performers animate the Museum’s grounds, including the whimsical giant puppets and mesmerizing flow artists.
For more information, visit www.shelburnemuseum.org/
Image credit: Shelburne Museum’s 45-acre campus adorned with lights for the Winter Lights extravaganza. Photography by Adam Silverman.
Hi-resolution images are available HERE.
About Shelburne Museum
Founded in 1947 by trailblazing folk art collector Electra Havemeyer Webb (1888–1960), Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont, is the largest art and history museum in northern New England and Vermont’s foremost public resource for visual art and material culture. The Museum’s 45-acre campus is comprised of 39 buildings including the Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education and Webb Gallery featuring important American paintings by Andrew Wyeth, Winslow Homer, Anna Mary Robertson “Grandma” Moses, John Singleton Copley and many more. Construction is underway for the Perry Center for Native American Art, designed in partnership with Indigenous voices and devoted to the stewardship and exhibition of the Native American art in the museum’s care, scheduled to open in 2027. For more information, please visit shelburnemuseum.org.
For inquiries, please contact: 802.985.0878.