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The museum is housed in the Edison Theater, a century-old Nickelodeon movie theater, just half a block from the former site of the Niles Essanay Studios where Broncho Billy and Charlie Chaplin made films in the 1910s. It is dedicated to preserving and showing silent films and their history.

Check out our channel to see films from our collection, interviews, recorded symposiums and more! The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum is a 501c3 Non-Profit organization.

The Niles area of Fremont is bringing back Charlie Chaplin Days at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, featuring screenings of films including "A Night Out," "Benny and Joon," and "The Tramp."

In Niles, explore the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, where Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton became popular. There’s also Niles Community Park and the Alameda Creek nearby, should you want to slow down for a bit.

The event includes a walking tour of Niles, special guests and presentations about Chaplin movies (production, costume, and history), showings of Chaplin short films made in Niles and other bay area locations (with plenty of seating in the Edison Theater, and popcorn and candy available at the concessions stand), and extended museum store hours ...

The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum is a combination of research center and living history museum. It is a resource for all facets of silent film-making, from their planning and production to their presentation. The Museum offers a way to rediscover America's movie pioneers, and see their...

Film Historian David Kiehn describes how he determined the date that the silent film "A Trip Down Market Street" was photographed (just before the 1906 San F...

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.