The Morgan Library And Museum Winter Family Fair

There are usually no Scrooges allowed at a holiday party, but this one is the exception!

The Morgan Library and Museum invites families to celebrate the holiday season at its annual Winter Family Fair on Saturday, December 14, 2024, from 2pm to 4pm. Visitors can see the beloved original manuscript of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, as well as an illuminated book of the most famous American Christmas poem, “Visit from St. Nicholas” (better known as “The Night Before Christmas”), on view at the museum for the first time! Guests can also enjoy festive crafts and activities.

The fair honors Dickens’s beloved holiday classic, complete with performers styled as Victorian characters, interactive demonstrations themed to the museum’s current exhibitions, live holiday music, and much more Dickensian fun!

Check out the lineup of exciting activities:

The Grand Falloons company will bring A Christmas Carol to life with strolling characters Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, and the Ghost of Christmas Present. Performers in Victorian-era dress will delight visitors on the shelves of Pierpont Morgan’s historic library with a lively and very merry rendition of A Christmas Carol. The Grand Falloons will close the afternoon with renditions of classic holiday songs.

Get into character, literally, as a figure from A Christmas Carol using a head-in-the-hole board mimicking Punch magazine contributor John Leech’s famous illustrations.

The Morgan’s first director, Belle da Costa Greene, loved to read and used a personalized bookplate. Create your own custom bookplate for your favorite book.