Festival of Lights Celebration

The Museum has teamed up with UCHealth to bring the residents of Olympic City, USA a day of fun! Prior to the parade, from noon until 5 p.m., the Museum will have athlete meet & greets, a beer garden, indoor curling, artifact demonstrations, and even service puppies. Museum regular admission tickets have been lowered to just $10 all day! And in the adjacent parking lot, the Park Union District will have a holiday tree farm and various activations along Sierra Madre Street and Vermijo Avenue.

Full Schedule: 

• 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. – $10 Museum admission tickets
• 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. – beer garden; indoor curling; artifact demonstration; local singing/instrument performance groups; food trucks; vendor, maker, and non-profit booths; Christmas tree farm; hayrides
• 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. – Xiao Gong, Paralympian (2020) Tokyo in shooting
• 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. – Canine Companions
• 2:00 – 3 p.m. – Ginny Thrasher, Olympian (2016) Rio in shooting
• 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. – Samantha (Schultz) Achterberg, Olympian (2020) in modern pentathlon
• 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. – Hailey Danz, 2x Paralympian (2016 and 2020) in triathlon
• 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. – Kendall Gretsch, 3x Paralympian (2018, 2020 and 2022) in Nordic skiing and triathlon
• 5:50 p.m. – Festival of Lights Parade

Once the USOPM activities conclude, we encourage everyone to check out the Festival of Lights parade, which starts at 5:50 p.m.