Tree-mendous Christmas Experience aiming to bring another 1,000 people to the museum

For the past two years, the Tree-mendous Christmas Experience has attracted more than 1,000 people to the Jasper County Historical Museum in Newton, and the dedicated volunteers — who spend countless hours decorating the museum with holiday decorations and hundreds of trees — want to continue that trend.

Every Saturday and Sunday from Dec. 6 until Dec. 28, the museum at 1700 S. 15th Ave. W. will open its doors to visitors to see the more than 200 decorated trees on display. Even the exhibits don Christmas decorations! Every nook and cranny is covered in festive trimmings and ornaments.

Visitors can visit the museum 1-8 p.m. Saturdays and 1-4 p.m. Sundays. The museum will also be open 1-4 p.m. Christmas Day, allowing families a chance to get out of the house for some fresh air and a relaxing outing to a one-of-a-kind spectacle founded right here in Jasper County.

Admission to the Tree-mendous Christmas Experience is free, but free will donations are very much accepted. The funds go directly to the museum.

Group options are available by calling ahead at 641-792-9118.

In 2023, the Tree-mendous Christmas Experience recorded 1,300 guests. The following year it brought in 1,400 visitors, which organizers were pretty happy with considering there were a number of bad weather days. Visitors in 2024 came from 50 different towns in Iowa and 23 different states.