17/06/2026
If you’re planning on visiting Beamish Museum for the Christmas festivities, The Nutshell has availability throughout November and December and is just a 6 minute drive away.
Decorated with a real Christmas tree 🎄 and a cosy log burner to snuggle round on an evening 🔥 nothing could be more cozy than The Nutshell at Christmas
🎄(ad) BREAKING NEWS - Beamish Museum Christmas Evening Tickets will go on sale next week
🎟️Tickets for Beamish Christmas Evenings will go on general sale from midday on Monday, 22nd June 2026.
💻If you sign up to the museum’s e-newsletter, you’ll be given priority access from 10am. Sign up here: https://www.beamish.org.uk/newsletter/
📅This year’s Christmas Evenings at Beamish will take place on 3 & 4,10 & 11, 17 & 18 Dec from 5pm to 9.30pm.
What to expect 👇
🎺Merry music across the museum site, delightful decorations & delicious festive treats for sale
🎄The Edwardian town street will be traditionally decorated and you’ll be entertained by musicians playing festive tunes
🎁Enjoy Christmas Crafts
🧝Wander through Elf Wood
& more
Extra festive experience add-ons👇
🍿Book tickets to enjoy a Christmas film in the Grand Cinema before the evening event begins.
🧑🎄Meet Father Christmas in his festive Grotto at Rowley Station Goods Yard. Grotto tickets must be pre-booked prior to your visit (subject to availability). Grotto tickets will not be available to buy at the museum.
👉Please note, as this is a special evening event, Beamish Unlimited Passes and Friends of Beamish memberships are not valid for entry.
👛Evening Prices:
-Christmas Evenings: Adult: £25.50 Child: £16
-Christmas Evening Grotto: £10 per child (0-16 years) Two adults per child, £2.50 per additional adult.
-Christmas Evening Cinema Add-on: Adult: £6.50 Child: £5
Tickets for daytime Grotto visits, Breakfast with Father Christmas and, new for 2026, Paws with
Claus, will be available from the museum’s website from 9am on Monday, 29th June 2026.
👛Daytime Prices (a Beamish Pass is also required):
-Daytime Grotto : £10 per child (0-16 years) Two adults per child, £2.50 per additional adult.
-Paws & Claus : £18 per dog plus human, £10 per additional human
-Breakfast with Father Christmas: Adult £10, Child £25, Child (2 & under) £10
-Christmas Daytime Cinema Showings: £12.50 adult, £10 Child
You can also use your Beamish Unlimited Pass to visit during the daytime and enjoy the festive decor and atmosphere without any add-ons at no additional cost (21 Nov - 24 Dec).
