Tacoma Holiday Lighted Boat Parade Experience

Join Museum of Glass for a festive holiday evening as we welcome the Tacoma Yacht Club’s annual Lighted Boat Parade to the Thea Foss Waterway! Enjoy the parade from the Museum’s Grand Plaza, where we’ll have outdoor fire pits set up to keep everyone toasty. Inside the Museum, explore newly opened exhibits Field Notes: Artists Observe Nature and Nancy Callan: Forces at Play through docent-led tours, watch live glassblowing in the Hot Shop and flameworking demos in the Grand Hall, create your own works of art in a Glass Tile Workshop or By the Furnace: Hot Shop Experience sessions, and more.
Café Perk will be open, so you can cozy up by the fire with a special holiday beverage!

Workshops and Hot Shop sessions require paid reservations (see options when booking). All other activities are included with general admission. Visitors attending the Museum with standard admission during regular daytime hours on December 21 are welcome to stick around for the Fireside Holiday Night event.

Meeting Point

Museum of Glass

1801 Dock Street, , Tacoma, 98402, Washington

Not included:

• Workshops and Hot Shop Experiences require separate paid reservations.

What to expect:

Duration: between 1 hour and 4 hours

Museum of Glass

1801 Dock Street, , Tacoma, 98402, Washington

Join Museum of Glass for a festive holiday evening as we welcome the Tacoma Yacht Club’s annual Lighted Boat Parade to the Thea Foss Waterway! Enjoy the parade from the Museum’s Grand Plaza, where we’ll have outdoor fire pits set up to keep everyone toasty. Inside the Museum, explore newly opened exhibits Field Notes: Artists Observe Nature and Nancy Callan: Forces at Play through docent-led tours, watch live glassblowing in the Hot Shop and flameworking demos in the Grand Hall, create your own works of art in a Glass Tile Workshop or By the Furnace: Hot Shop Experience sessions, and more.
Café Perk will be open, so you can cozy up by the fire with a special holiday beverage!

Workshops and Hot Shop sessions require paid reservations (see options when booking). All other activities are included with general admission. Visitors attending the Museum with standard admission during regular daytime hours on December 21 are welcome to stick around for the Fireside Holiday Night event.

2 hours

Tacoma Yacht Club

5401 Yacht Club Rd, Tacoma, WA 98407, USA

Enjoy a front-row seat to Tacoma Yacht Club's annual Lighted Boat Parade from Museum of Glass's Grand Plaza, where we'll have fire pits to keep everyone toasty. Before the boats arrive, enjoy all the activities inside Museum of Glass while you're here!

1 hour