York Castle Museum

On 1 October 2009 I visited York Castle Museum for the first time. It is a social history museum that is located in York on the very site of York Castle, which was originally built by William the Conqueror in 1068. It is two minutes walk from Clifford's Tower and five minutes from Jorvik Viking Centre. It is considered to be a landmark in the development of museums and has twice won the York Tourism Award for best attraction. During the 18th century the museum buildings were used as a prison. First they were a Debtor's Prison and then later a Female Prison. As a museum it was founded by Dr John Kirk in 1938, who was a Yorkshire country doctor and a ...  Read the complete review

I've been to York Museum many times and thats because I think outside of London its one of the best Museum I have ever been too. Its has such a collection of local items and has a great layout. I personally loved the collection or Iron Cooking ranges but thats just me !! For Kids and adults a like it has it all, the Highlight of couse is the reconstructed victiorian Village with shops, sounds and volunteers wondering the street in costum. Even in for me I find this very interesting and invocitive. The Museum is pretty big and in corporates the old city Jail that once held Dick Turpin, pretty creepy!. Once you have bought a ticket you can return free ...  Read the complete review

YORK CASTLE MUSEUM If you are fed up of all the modern day glitz and expense of 21st century Christmas, take a step back in time and visit York Castle Museum and see how the Victorians celebrated the festive season. From early December the castle museum is hosting a series of evening carol concerts “Carols in Kirkgate”. The York Philharmonic male voice choir will join with the Kirkgate singers, dressed in Victorian costumes, to sing traditional Christmas music in the cobbled street which forms part of the museum. I was going to wait until after the Carols in Kirkgate to write this review, but then decided that some of you might not know ...  Read the complete review

I have been to York several times, but strangely enough for me, the castle museum was one of the attractions that I didn't get around to visiting until just recently. To be honest, I was not quite sure what to expect from the museum (although the name implied that it was the history of the nearby castle), and visited more because it was cold outside rather than anything else! I was very pleasantly surprised though - it was far bigger than I had expected, and had won the York Tourism Award for best attraction for the past two years. And it was very quiet; I assume that everyone else must have been queuing up at Jorvik... ● Location ...  Read the complete review