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The Christmas Story museum includes art inspired by the movie, scenes in photos as they appeared back at the house in the 1980s, and real A Christmas Story props and costumes. Our tour guide shared that any scene where you see exterior shots out of the doors and windows was filmed here in Cleveland, Ohio. The store, now JACK Cleveland Casino, is featured in three pivotal scenes in the movie. The casino works to keep the holiday spirit alive with festive themes, decorations and display windows filled with items reminiscent of yesteryear.
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You’ll be urged to touch whatever you want and recreate scenes to your heart’s content. They didn’t know the interior would be too small for much of the movie until after the owner was comfortably set up at a nearby hotel. Visiting the house where some of the movie was filmed was then a no-brainer on our trip to Cleveland.
Museum, gift shop and parking: 1103 Rowley Avenue
We were staying in Tremont during our Cleveland visit, so it was an easy 15-minute walk to the house from our pad. If you drive, there’s plenty of free parking behind the gift shop or along the street right in front of the house. A Christmas Story House tickets are available in person at the gift shop or online. By online I mean you can purchase them online and they’ll send them to your house, so I feel like you don’t need to do that.
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Near the front entrance is a memorial bench dedicated to Clark. It sits on the exact spot where he had a cameo as a nosy neighbor. In addition, the house to the left of the museum features a gift shop with movie memorabilia and souvenirs. A Christmas Story House, now restored to its movie splendor, is open year round to the public for tours and overnight stays. Directly across the street from the House is A Christmas Story Museum, which features original props, costumes and memorabilia from the film, as well as hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes photos.
He has since completely remodeled the interior to be an exact replica of the home in the film. Visitors can walk through the period-modeled site, tasting the soap Ralphie washed his mouth out with or firing a BB gun in the backyard. Just down the street, next to the museum, is the gift shop. Complete with many replica items from the film, the store stocks items like Daisy Red Ryder BB guns, pink bunny suits, decoder pins and just about everything else a Ralphie could ask for. And yes, they have several varieties of leg lamps to fit any budget. Original cast members have visited the site numerous times, signing autographs and telling visitors stories of their experiences of the film.
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Follow the signs for 14th north around the traffic circle, then turn right onto Rowley Ave. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. Potential buyers are asked to send an e-mail to You can see full details of the listing from Hoff & Leigh HERE. This is the house used in the filming of A Christmas Story in 1983. It’s always the most wonderful time of the year at this tourist attraction.
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Entering the house, visitors now are greeted by the infamous leg lamp, the Parker’s decorated tree, a kitchen stocked with Ovaltine, and the sink where Randy hid. Upstairs, they can see the bathroom where Ralphie’s decoder ring and a bar of Lifebuoy soap reside. The back yard, where several scenes were filmed, looks just like the movie.
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Sadly, they no longer serve their Old Man’s or Bumpus Hounds turkey dinner or pizza, but they do give 10 percent off the bill for those with ACS House tickets. But the house is far from Cleveland’s only nod to the nostalgic tale about the Parker family’s pre-World War II Christmas, based on the memoirs of Jean Shepherd’s youth in Hammond, Indiana. Nowhere is Bob Clark’s holiday film starring Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin and Melinda Dillon more celebrated than in Cleveland, where much of the movie was filmed. Jones purchased the house in 2004 with money he earned producing and selling leg lamps, though the structure was far removed from its moment of Hollywood glory. Visit the gift shop for leg lamps, Dept 56, Ornaments, Decoder Rings, T-Shirts and much more!
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Visits to A Christmas Story house cost $18 per person, with reduced rates for seniors, children, and military personnel. I used to watch it every Thanksgiving to try to forget about the holiday goose I was being fed instead of the glistening turkey devoured by the Bumpus hounds. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
The house and museum opened to the public on November 25, 2006, with original cast members attending the grand opening. The site drew 4,300 visitors during its opening weekend, and tens of thousands of faithful fans have made the pilgrimage since. Most went because they, like many pundits and critics, believe that A Christmas Story is one of Hollywood’s best. A few, however, may have been “double-dog dared” to attend. Originally built in 1895, the house underwent a series of facelifts both before and after filming.
The first parking lot is located directly to the left of the House. The second parking lot is located to right of the Gift Shop. The museum is located across the street from the A Christmas Story House.
While in the house, you’ll get a primer on the history of the home. There’s also a selection of mugs, shot glasses, and memorabilia from other Christmas movies, like Elf. It felt like cheating to me, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t also love Elf.
Jones is the owner of The Red Rider Leg Lamp Co., an operation that manufactures replica leg lamps such as the one Darren McGavin’s character won in the film. Jones renovated the home back to its configuration in the film, after studying footage of the house and drawing up plans as to its layout. The fortunes of the house, and eventually the immediately surrounding area, began to change in the early 1980s when director Bob Clark began scouting for a location in which to set A Christmas Story. Clark visited more than 20 cities looking for the perfect house.
For many, the idea of a Daisy Red Ryder BB gun with a 250 shot reservoir goes hand in hand with their memories of the Christmas holiday. Once a tour begins, we do not allow late arrivals as it can interfere with the ongoing tour and the experience of our guests. This essential visitors guide is a resource of inspirational content for both visitors and locals alike. You can find more info on staying overnight in either house here. After exploring the inside of the house, you’ll go out into the backyard for a bit, too, before being directed over the the museum. The plot of “A Christmas Story” is set in the fictional town of Hohman, Indiana, which was based on Shepherd’s actual hometown of Hammond, Indiana.
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