Before heading out of town or burrowing at home with a glass of eggnog and cookies, be sure to check out some new and closing exhibits this week — or to visit some of the decorated historic house museums in D.C.

>> “Tradition in Transition: Russian Icons in the Age of the Romanovs” will be closing Dec. 31 at Hillwood Museum & Gardens, the former home of Marjorie Merriweather Post that sits on the edge of Rock Creek Park. Visit the exhibit and you’ll see the house in holiday splendor as well. Other decorated museums include the D.A.R. Museum on 17th Street, Woodrow Wilson House on S Street and the Anderson House on Massachusetts Avenue. Check their websites for hours and more info.

>> “Doodles, Drafts, and Designs: Industrial Drawings from the Smithsonian” opened Sunday at The Octagon Museum. The 74 original drawings, notebooks and catalogues on view document familiar consumer products such as Crayola crayons, Tupperware, and the Singer sewing machine.

>> Erik Sandberg’s show at Conner Contemporary Art closes Thursday. The exhibition features his new, naturalistic oil paintings on wood panels.

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