Museums

The Imperial War Museums - This comprises IWM London, IWM Duxford, IWM North, HMS Belfast, Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms and IWM Collections. IWM Duxford contains part of the Medmenham Collection.

Ryedale Folk Museum - This is a great place to visit but now you can sit back, relax and enjoy stories of the Museum, from the comfort of home using this site.

Beck Isle Museum - Gateway to the North Yorkshire Moors Pickering has a long and fascinating history. Step back in time and enjoy exploring what life was like in this thriving market town. Visit shops from the past, discover the ancient craft of the blacksmith and marvel at our magnificent printing press (see events for demonstration dates). With special events, changing exhibitions, family activities and a beck side location for picnics there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum - Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum celebrates the history of a long lost industry and the stories of the everyday people involved, and preserves for posterity the legacy of the Tees Valley: the industrial powerhouse of Britain and her Empire.

Whitby Museum - The museum’s collections grew to include local plants, shells and butterflies, beetles and fishes, as well as many exhibits illustrating the history of Whitby, including some sizeable models of buildings and ships.

York Castle Museum - The museum was founded by Dr John Kirk, a doctor from Pickering, North Yorkshire, and houses his extraordinary collection of social history items reflecting everyday life in the county. One of its renowned displays is the reconstructed Victorian street, Kirkgate.

York Art Gallery - For 2021, the Gallery want to look forward and to open more of their venues when it is safe to do so. By sharing art, culture, stories and history, we can change lives through the inspiration our collections offer.
Caring for the collections of the city of York, working with communities to spark curiosity, improving wellbeing and offering learning and enjoyment for generations to come is what the Gallery are all about.

The National Railway Museum - Immerse yourself in the home of iconic Locomotives and unrivalled collection of engineering brilliance.

The National Mining Museum - Discover 180 years of mining history. Find out about the people and communities at the heart of the industry and uncover how the miners lived at work and play. Explore acres of woodland, spotting plants and wildlife and find out how the excess water from the mine is cleaned and pumped back into a local river.

Scarborough Rotunda Museum - Opened in 1829, the Rotunda Museum is one of the world’s first purpose-built museums and was built to a design suggested by William ‘Strata’ Smith, known as the father of English Geology. The interior, with its fascinating Georgian gallery, features a frieze showing the geology of the local coastline designed by Smith’s nephew, John Phillips. The original cases tell the history of the museum and they explore the stories of the nineteenth century Scarborough Philosophical Society which brought the collections together.