The film "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb" was filmed in the UK at the British Museum and in the USA.

Filming Locations:

British Museum

In the Movie

Scene where Larry, along with Roosevelt, Genghis Khan, and several other exhibits, goes outside to find the escaped museum artifacts.

In Reality

The scene was filmed at the British Museum, a public institution dedicated to human history, art, and culture. Its permanent collection of some 8 million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence, originating from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.

National Gallery

In the Movie

Scene where The group stands in front of the museum and watches the lions of Trafalgar Square come to life.

In Reality

The scene was filmed at the National Gallery, an art museum on Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900.

American Museum of Natural History

In the Movie

Scene where Larry Daley works as the night guard at the Museum of Natural History, where exhibits come to life thanks to the Tablet of Ahkmenrah. He oversees the unveiling of a new exhibit, which goes awry when the tablet begins to corrode, and he sets off to find a way to save the magic before it disappears forever.

In Reality

The scene was filmed at the iconic American Museum of Natural History on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The museum was founded in 1869 and occupies a vast complex of interconnected buildings along Central Park. Its distinctive Romanesque-style facade at the 77th Street entrance and the modern Rose Center for Earth and Space are among New York City's most recognizable landmarks.