York Sights

York Castle Museum

#9 of 59 things to do in York

#24 of 218 things to do in Yorkshire

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  • Address
    • Tower St Old York
  • Phone
    • tel, info: 01904 653611
  • Price
    • adult/child £6/£5, with Yorkshire Museum £9/£5
  • Hours
    • 09:30-17:00

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Lonely Planet review for York Castle Museum

Near Clifford's Tower, the excellent York Castle Museum contains displays of everyday life, with reconstructed domestic interiors, and a less-than-homely prison cell where you can try out the condemned man's bed - in this case Dick Turpin's.

There's a bewildering array of evocative everyday objects from the past 400 years, gathered together by a certain Dr Kirk from the 1920s onwards for fear that the items would become obsolete and disappear completely. He wasn't far wrong, which makes this place all the more interesting.

 

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