Flagler Museum holidays 2026 on Palm Beach island: evening tours and Fleurs de Villes

Whitehall, Henry Flagler’s estate completed in 1902, has a holiday season of its own, and the Museum has posted its 2026 dates. Some of it is public, some is for members, and the regular hours still apply on the days in between. We read the Museum’s Holidays at Whitehall page, its visitor information and its Music Series page on October 21, 2026.

• The Museum says Whitehall, Henry Flagler's Gilded Age estate, was completed in 1902 and is a National Historic Landmark. Flagler Museum: home page

Holiday Evening Tours

The Museum’s Holiday Evening Tours run December 18 to 23, 26 and 27, with tours at 6:00, 6:20, 6:40 and 7:00 PM. Tickets are $65 for adults and $35 for children. The Museum describes docent-led evening tours of the first floor, with carolers and refreshments. There are no tours on December 24 or December 25.

• The Museum's Holiday Evening Tours run December 18 to 23, 26 and 27 at 6:00, 6:20, 6:40 and 7:00 PM; $65 adults, $35 children. Flagler Museum: Holidays at Whitehall

Some arithmetic for planning. That is 8 nights with 4 start times each, 32 tour times in all. Two adults and two children come to $200. The first night is Friday, December 18, 2026, 58 days after we checked. One date to note: December 21 is a Monday, a day the Museum’s regular hours list as closed, and the holiday page still includes it for the evening tours.

Fleurs de Villes: THE GILDED AGE

The Museum says Fleurs de Villes: THE GILDED AGE is on view throughout the Museum from December 18 to 27, with 15 mannequins adorned with fresh flowers. Its event listing says the display is included with admission. Of those 10 days, 8 are regular open days by our count. The other two are December 21, a Monday and December 25, Christmas Day, and the holiday page does not say whether the flowers can be seen on them.

• Fleurs de Villes: THE GILDED AGE is on view throughout the Museum December 18 to 27, with 15 mannequins adorned with fresh flowers. Flagler Museum: Holidays at Whitehall
• Flagler Museum admission is $28 for adults (13+), $14 for children 6 to 12, and free for children 5 and under and for Members; visitors under 18 must be with an adult. Flagler Museum: Visitor Information

The Christmas tree lighting is for members

The Museum lists its Christmas Tree Lighting Festivities on Sunday, December 6, 2026, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM in Whitehall’s Grand Hall. The listing says it is for Members at the Family/Dual level and above. Flagler descendants light the 16-foot Grand Hall tree, with music, a choir, a Nutcracker selection and Santa. The Museum’s other member events show no 2027 dates yet, which our research notes as not published.

• The Flagler Museum's Oyster Roast page still shows January 28, 2026, Toast to the Season April 30, 2026 and the Easter Egg Hunt April 4, 2026; no 2027 dates are posted. All three are member events. Flagler Museum: Annual Oyster Roast

Tea service, and the three closed days

The Museum Cafe offers a seasonal Gilded Age-style Tea Service from the day after Thanksgiving through Easter Sunday. Thanksgiving falls on Thursday, November 26, 2026, so tea starts on Friday, November 27, 2026 and runs to Easter, March 28, 2027: 122 days by our count. Cafe hours are not posted.

• The Museum says its Cafe offers a seasonal Gilded Age-style Tea Service from the day after Thanksgiving through Easter Sunday, plus a casual Picnic in the Cocoanut Grove. Flagler Museum: Visitor Information

The Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 12 to 5 p.m. It is closed on Mondays and on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. This season those three holidays fall on Thursday, November 26, 2026, Friday, December 25, 2026 and Friday, January 1, 2027. Admission is $28 for adults, $14 for children 6 to 12, and free for children 5 and under.

• The Flagler Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 12 to 5 p.m.; closed Mondays, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Flagler Museum: Visitor Information

A December music night

The Flagler Museum Music Series has a December concert on Wednesday, December 16, 2026: Emi Ferguson and Peter Dugan, flute and piano, in the Whitehall Music Room. The evening starts with a 5:30 PM reception and the concert at 6:00 PM; tickets are $95, with complimentary valet. The same night, Bethesda-by-the-Sea holds its Christmas Concert at 7 PM, with tickets on sale in November.

Through all of it, the fall exhibition, America Takes the Stage, is on view from November 10, 2026 to May 30, 2027, included with admission.

• The Museum's 2026 Fall Exhibition, America Takes the Stage: From the White City to Whitehall, is on view November 10, 2026 to May 30, 2027. Flagler Museum: 2026 Fall Exhibition

Parking at Whitehall

The Museum says free parking is available in its lot during Museum hours, with entrances on Cocoanut Row and Whitehall Way, and it ties the lot to those hours. The evening tours start at 6 PM, one hour after the Museum’s regular 5 PM close, and the holiday page we read does not say whether the lot stays open for them. The Music Series is easier: the Museum lists complimentary valet parking with every concert.

• The Museum says free parking is available in its lot during Museum hours only, with entrances on Cocoanut Row and Whitehall Way. Flagler Museum: Visitor Information
• Flagler Museum Music Series evenings run 5:30 PM reception and 6:00 PM concert, $95 per ticket, with complimentary valet parking. Flagler Museum: 2026-2027 Music Series

On the street, the Town lists One Whitehall Way (zone 46605) meters as active from 9 AM to 5 PM; the Town’s parking map says 6 PM for the same zone, so two Town sources disagree. The map gives the zone 31 spaces at $5.00 an hour with a two-hour cap. The parking picker ranks the zones near the Museum.

For the Museum’s year-round hours and the rest of the island’s museums, see our arts and culture guide. The Worth Avenue tree lighting opens the island’s holiday month, and the events page lists the season.

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