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Find out where you can meet Santa and his helpers!


Image of Santa on a train

Santa and his helpers will be dropping in to some of the region's museums this year:

Meet the Great North Santa

3 & 10 December

Great North Museum: Hancock

Meet the Great North Santa in our Victorian themed Mouse House Gallery. Places cost £5 per child, including a gift. Click here to book!

 

Santa Specials

3-4, 10-11, 17-18 December at 10am, 11.30am, 1pm & 2.30pm

Stephenson Railway Museum

Join Santa on board our festive train for a magical adventure with songs and storytelling, a gift from Santa, a mince pie and a drink! Click here to book (tickets cost £10).

 

Santa in the Sidings

3 December, 11am - 1pm (drop in)

Monkwearmouth Station Museum

Join Santa in the newly developed sidings area of the Museum. Meet Victorian characters from the Museums's heyday. Free craft activities for children and a gift from Santa!

 

Meet the Christmas Fairy

10, 12 - 16 December

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Come and see the Christmas fairy in our grotto, and send a Christmas wish to Santa.

 

Story Time with Santa's Elves

10 December, 12pm

South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

Drop in to the Museum for magical stories and songs with Santa's elves!