Maps of Movies

The Greatest Showman (2017)

Where The Greatest Showman says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Barnum's New York is on screen, but the film gives almost no street-level places and no sourced filming spots.

Scenes and places

The Barnum family home in New York

Barnum and Charity, newly married, raise two daughters in a humble New York home. Charity is content, but Barnum wants more than this life can give him.

Set in The Barnum family home, New York City — Where Barnum and Charity raise Caroline and Helen while he craves more.

The film places the family in New York City without naming a street or building.

Barnum's American Museum

Barnum borrows against ships that have already sunk and opens a museum of wax figures. Slow sales push him to hire living performers, and the crowds, and the critics, arrive.

Set in Barnum's American Museum, lower Manhattan — Barnum opens a wax-figure museum, then adds living performers when sales are slow. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The real Barnum's American Museum stood at Broadway, Park Row and Ann Street from 1841 to 1865.

Jenny Lind's American debut

Barnum persuades Jenny Lind to tour America and her debut is a triumph. While he courts rich patrons, his troupe feels left behind and Phillip and Anne are caught holding hands.

Set in Theater where Jenny Lind debuts, New York — Barnum presents the Swedish singer Jenny Lind to American audiences.

The film names no theater for the debut.

The burning circus

Barnum comes home to find his circus ablaze after a fight between protesters and the troupe. Phillip rushes in to save Anne, and Barnum pulls him out as the building is destroyed.

Set in Barnum's Circus building, New York — A fight between protesters and the troupe sets the circus on fire.

The film gives no street address for the circus building.

The local bar

Barnum loses his mansion and his family, and sits alone in a bar. His troupe finds him there and says they still count themselves a family, which pushes him to build a new show.

Set in A local bar, New York — Barnum drinks alone until his troupe finds him.

The film names no bar.

The beach of their youth

Barnum meets Charity at the beach they knew as young people and the two reconcile. It is the quiet turn between the fire and the revamped circus.

Set in The beach of Barnum and Charity's youth — Barnum and Charity reconcile at the beach of their youth.

The film names no beach.

Characters

• P. T. Barnum — A former shipping clerk who builds a museum, then a circus.
• Charity Barnum — His wife, who loves him but feels isolated from him.
• Phillip Carlyle — A playwright Barnum hires to help generate publicity.