Christmas at Beamish 2024: Grand Cinema Events
Transport yourself to the golden age of cinema with a nostalgic evening in our beautifully restored 1950s Grand Cinema. Settle into our authentic cinema seating, surrounded by Art Deco charm, as we share the magic of classic christmas films. The Grand cinema, from Ryhope, in Sunderland, has been recreated and brought to life, in our 1950s Town.
You will be able to enter the museum up to an hour before the showing time. Please show your Grand Cinema Ticket at the Entrance.
Events
Sun 1st Dec, 2pm-4pm
PG - Contains mild scary scenes
Director(s): Ron Howard
On the outskirts of Whoville lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans to ruin Christmas for all of the citizens of the town.
Tickets for Grand Cinema Events must be pre-booked online (subject to availability) and will not be available to buy at the museum. Beamish Unlimited Passes and Friends of Beamish memberships are not valid for this event. You will be able to enter the museum up to an hour before the showing time. Please show your Grand Cinema Ticket at the Entrance.
Book nowSun 8th Dec, 2pm-4pm
U - Mild scary scenes
Director(s): Brian Henson
THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL is a US comedy drama, adapted from the story by Charles Dickens, in which a curmudgeonly miser is visited by three ghosts who teach him the meaning of Christmas.
Tickets for Grand Cinema Events must be pre-booked online (subject to availability) and will not be available to buy at the museum. Beamish Unlimited Passes and Friends of Beamish memberships are not valid for this event. You will be able to enter the museum up to an hour before the showing time. Please show your Grand Cinema Ticket at the Entrance.
Book nowSun 22nd Dec, 4pm-7pm
U - contains no material likely to offend or harm.
Director(s): Michael Curtiz
Having left the Army following W.W.II, Bob Wallace and Phil Davis team up to become a top song-and-dance act. Davis plays matchmaker and introduces Wallace to a pair of beautiful sisters (Betty and Judy) who also have a song-and-dance act. When Betty and Judy travel to a Vermont lodge to perform a Christmas show, Wallace and Davis follow, only to find their former commander, General Waverly, as the lodge owner. A series of romantic mix-ups ensue as the performers try to help the General.
Tickets for Grand Cinema Events must be pre-booked online (subject to availability) and will not be available to buy at the museum. Beamish Unlimited Passes and Friends of Beamish memberships are not valid for this event. You will be able to enter the museum up to an hour before the showing time. Please show your Grand Cinema Ticket at the Entrance.
Book nowTransport yourself to the golden age of cinema with a nostalgic evening in our beautifully restored 1950s Grand Cinema. Settle into our authentic cinema seating, surrounded by Art Deco charm, as we share the magic of classic christmas films. The Grand cinema, from Ryhope, in Sunderland, has been recreated and brought to life, in our 1950s Town.
You will be able to enter the museum up to an hour before the showing time. Please show your Grand Cinema Ticket at the Entrance.