Kohlights: Select Dates
Nov 29 - Dec 22, 2024

The Kohlights Holiday Lightacular!

It’s more than just a walk through the festive holiday lights in Kohl Children’s Museum’s newest outdoor activity: Kohlights. This immersive experience allows kids to interact with light and color as they explore hues and patterns in this safe and interactive holiday light installation, right-sized for young kids. The show must “glow” on!

Kohlights is an indoor/outdoor experience, with access to all indoor exhibits as well.


Enjoy the full lightacular experience for its final weekend, Dec 20, 21 & 22. This year’s experience combines the wonder of the outdoor lights with the full indoor Museum experience as well. It’s the only area holiday light experience designed exclusively for young children!

  • Kohlights Regular Admission: 5:30 – 7 PM each evening
  • Kohlights EARLY Admission: 4:30 – 7 PM each evening

All tickets include:

  • Access to the holiday lightwalk
  • Meet & greet with Anna and Elsa
  • Kiddie train rides on the Twinkle Train
  • All indoor exhibits available for play (except Adventures in Art)
  • JUST ADDED – Fri, Dec 20 ONLY: Meet & greet and photo op with Santa
  • Dec 22 Early Admission only: Performance by the Junior Klezmer Orchestra with a Duet from Maxwell Street Klezmer Band

Pricing

New reduced prices from 2023! The following prices include access to all indoor exhibits as well as outdoor light activities, Twinkle Train rides, and character meet & greets.

EARLY Admission (Adults & Children)

Members:

$22

Non-members: $28

Regular Admission (Adults & Children)

Members:

$16

Non-members: $22

  • Tickets required for entry for all adults and children over 12 months of age. Infants under 12 months of age are free and do not require tickets.
  • Event will go on rain, snow or dry weather. Tickets are non-refundable unless the Kohlights experience is unable to operate due to electrical, public health, or winter weather emergency issues. Tickets may be rescheduled at no charge based upon availability if contacted before 12PM on the ticket date.

Kohl Children’s Museum members receive $6 off the full price of all tickets purchased. You must Sign In in the upper right corner of our sales screen after you select your tickets. Discounts will be applied AFTER tickets are added to cart but BEFORE credit card information is entered. If you have difficulty receiving your discount, please contact info@kcmgc.org before purchasing.

Ticket Calendar

Kohlights 2024 is now SOLD OUT.

Please call (847) 832-6600 with questions.

 

“My kids have been cooped up and it is so great to get them outside jumping around and burning energy. They are having so much fun.”

We traveled from the western suburbs to see this – so worth it. Loved it!”

  • Light activities and Twinkle Train operate outdoors. Please dress appropriately for the weather.
  • Final Twinkle Train ride 6:50 PM. Park closes at 7 PM.

Thank you for having this light festival – so grateful for it.”

Sample Activity Stations

  • Rainbow Arbor: Push buttons to illuminate tree lights in the courtyard when children work cooperatively.
  • Winter Garden: Skip through oversized, illuminated flowers, dragonflies and butterflies.
  • Brilliant Blossoms: Touch the segments to change the colors of flowers.
  • Shadow Play Snowbank: Create shadows and experiment with opacity and colored lights by projecting images onto a snow white wall.
  • Glow Tunnel: Find your way through the lighted underground tunnel.
  • Sound Forest: Experiment with sound in a grove of trees with lights that respond to noises.
  • Twinkle Train: Take a short ride in style on a kiddie train through the holiday lights in Habitat Park
  • Frozen Meet & Greet: Say hello and get your picture taken with the Snow Queen Elsa and her sister Anna. 5 – 6:30 PM on Saturdays & Sundays. 5:30 – 7 PM on Fridays.

Special guest on Friday, Nov 29, Dec 6, and Dec 13: St. Nick himself will be on site for visits. Bring your cameras!
Special guests on Sunday, Dec 22 (early admission only): Dance and move to the sounds of the Junior Klezmer Orchestra with a Duet from Maxwell Street Klezmer Band for Hanukkah.

Click here for a Kohlights map.

Kohl Children’s Museum would like to thank the sponsors that have made Kohlights 2024 possible:

2024 Limelight Sponsor

2024 Starlight Sponsor

Altair

2024 Twinkle Sponsor


Additional Support

Constellation
Meijer