York Castle Museum

  • York
  • Museums & Galleries
  • Attraction with Cafe/Refreshments
  • Attraction with Gift Shop
  • Disabled Access
  • Toilets

Included in the Yorkshire Pass

Visit the York Castle Museum for an amazing trip through time as you discover one of Britain’s top museums of everyday life. It is sure to be the best day out in history.

Discover how people would go about their everyday lives as you view displays of thousands of household objects.

One of York Castle Museum’s most famous aspects is the recreated Victorian street of Kirkgate. To really bring the street to life, the museum has combined real shop fittings with modern light and sound technologies. You will truly believe you have been transported back to Victorian times. There are many rooms for you to explore that include real objects from the period. You can visit a Victorian parlour, Georgian and Jacobean dining rooms and a kitchen from the 1940s.

Transport back to the 60s with the Yorkshire Castle Museum’s sixties gallery. Here you will find displays and exhibitions showing off the art, music and fashion from this iconic decade.

Visit the special exhibition of the York Castle Prison. Come face to face with famous ex-prisoners such as Dick Turpin the highway man. Discover the gruesome details of what life was like in the York Prison.

Keep an eye out for upcoming events at the York Castle Museum in our news section, where we post all the latest news and upcoming events for our top York Attractions.

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