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Floating Lantern Ceremony
Free Outdoor Event
Join us for CAM’s annual Floating Lantern Ceremony on Sunday, January 5th, a beautiful evening of remembrance, reflection, and gratitude. Participants can create and design a floating lantern to be placed in our Reflection Pond, all while enjoying live music, food, and drinks.
The ceremony will take place around CAM’s serene Reflection Pond, with live music and a warm, welcoming atmosphere. Lantern decorating supplies will be provided in our Pancoe Education Center, and CAM Café will offer hot chocolate, beverages, and light food service to enjoy throughout the evening.
Create your own floating lantern to honor a loved one, celebrate a special moment, or simply find peace in the act of reflection. We all have our reasons to create a Floating Lantern… what’s yours?
Please note that gallery admission applies to all indoor exhibitions, but the Floating Lantern Ceremony is free for all. Come share this meaningful experience with us!
Museum Admission:
10 AM- 7 PM Galleries open; museum admission applies
Ages 12 & under are free
3 PM- 7 PM Discounted Admission: $5 for adults and children 12 & above
Pre-Event Lantern Sleeves:
CAM Members: $15
Not-Yet Members: $20
Available to purchase at CAM Visitor Services during regular hours.
All lantern sleeves will be $20 on the day of the event.
Thank you for helping us keep our pond clean! Please do not attach plastics or other non-paper materials to your lantern sleeve. We strive to keep this an environmentally safe event.
For any Accessibility requests, please contact Georgia Mastroieni at 910-726-9492 or [email protected]
Service animals only.
Schedule of Events
3-7 PM $5 museum admission
3-7 PM Trolley available. Overflow parking is located at Barclay Center at the intersection of 17th and Independence Blvd.
3-6:45 PM Lantern decorating in Pancoe
5 PM Lantern floating begins
5-7 PM Lighting and floating of lanterns at CAM Pond
Image Credit: Donna Robertson (American), Floating Lanterns, 2018. Oil. Collection of Cameron Art Museum.
Sponsored in part by Fox Wilmington.
