Museums in Yorkshire
The Abbey House Museum recreates life in 19th-century Leeds through a series of beautifully recreated street scenes. Step into authentic Victorian shops, houses, schoolrooms and more. Explore the life of a Victorian child in the Childhood Galleries. The museum is housed in the former gatehouse of Kirkstall Abbey, whose ruins stand opposite.
Abbey Road, Kirkstall, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, LS5 3EH
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Heritage Highlight: Housed in the former gatehouse to Kirkstall Abbey
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Located in a picturesque park setting, the Bagshaw Museum houses exhibitions of local social history, and objects from Egypt, Asia and Africa, as well as displays of taxidermy.
Wilton Park, Batley, Yorkshire, England, WF17 0AS
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Heritage Highlight: The museum building itself is a stunning Victorian mansion
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Barley Hall is a late 15th-century townhouse, once owned by the Priory of Nostell and occupied by Alderman William Snawsell, a wealthy goldsmith and Mayor of York. The house was rediscovered in the 1980s, and over the following three decades it has been carefully restored to its original medieval state. The centrepiece of Barley Hall is the original timber-framed dining hall.
2 Coffee Yard, Stonegate, York, Yorkshire, England, YO1 8AR
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Just around the corner from the North York Moors Railway station in Pickering is the Beck Isle Museum, which covers the rich local history of the Moors and the Ryedale region. This award-winning museum is housed in the very first Agricultural College in England, a lovely Georgian building created by architect William Marshall.
Beck Isle, Pickering, North York Moors, Yorkshire, England, YO18 8DU
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The former parsonage of St Michael's church in Haworth houses the largest collection of Bronte manuscripts and personal effects in the world. The Bronte sisters and their brother Branworth grew up at the parsonage, where their father Patrick served as rector. The parsonage is a literary treasure-trove and a place of pilgrimage for readers of the Bronte's novels and poetry.
Church Street, Haworth, Yorkshire, England, BD22 8DR
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The 17th-century Whitby shipowner's house where James Cook was an apprentice seaman is now a fascinating museum to Captain Cook's life and naval career, with a wealth of personal documents, portraits, letters, and objects brought back from his voyages of discovery.
Grape Lane, Whitby, Yorkshire, England, YO22 4BA
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Heritage Highlight: Where Captain Cook lived as a young seaman apprentice
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The great naval explorer and cartographer Captain James Cook grew up in the Yorkshire village of Great Ayton. The school where he attended classes is now a fascinating museum covering Cook's childhood, his naval career, and the history of Great Ayton.
101 High Street, Great Ayton, Yorkshire, England, TS9 6NB
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Heritage Highlight: See where Captain James Cook attended school
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The Courthouse Museum is housed in a medieval building in the grounds of Knaresborough Castle. From at least the 16th century the building housed a courtroom that heard minor crimes in the Honour of Knaresborough. It is now a fascinating museum for Knaresborough and the surrounding area, and retains its original Tudor courtroom.
Knaresborough Castle, Castle Yard, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England, HG5 8AS
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Heritage Highlight: 12th-century undercroft
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The Courthouse Museum is housed in a late-Georgian courthouse directly across from Ripon Cathedral. The courthouse is almost completely unaltered since it was built in 1830. See the original courtroom, with examples of real cases heard here, and the retiring room where magistrates considered cases.
Minster Road, Ripon, Yorkshire, England, HG4 1QS
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Heritage Highlight: Unaltered Georgian courtroom
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One of the most popular family attractions in North Yorkshire is this award-winning look back in time at life during WWII. The Camp is home to 6 acres of displays covering life on the Home Front during WWII, as well as exhibits on Britain's 20th century military history.
Edenhouse Road, Malton, Yorkshire, England, YO17 6RT
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