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There's loads of museums, tours and theme
parks to amuse yourself for hours in North Yorkshire.
Get lost in York maize Maze and find your
way out with the help of talking
wooden sculptures
If you find yourself in Whitby or York
over night, join a ghost
walk and be prepared to be scared... The Dracula
Museum in Whitby and York Dungeon are also good for a scary time
Go on a boat ride on the River Ouse in
York. Take a guided boat tour, or hire your own boat
There's loads to do in Wensleydale
in the Yorkshire
Dales. The Forbidden Corner
near Leyburn is a labyrinth of
tunnels, chambers, follies and surprises in a four acre garden.
See the racehorses
at Middleham, sample some hand-made chocolate
in Leyburn, and visit Middleham Castle, the royal residence of
Richard III
To experience a really old fashioned museum,
visit Whitby Museum at the top of Pannett Park more
Captain
Cook and the Endeavour
have brought a lot of tourist trade to Whitby in recent years
more
If you're a bit of a military
history buff, there's Eden
Camp
modern history theme museum near Malton, the Yorkshire
Air Museum in Elvington near York, and two regimental
museums in York to name but a few more
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| HM Bark Endeavour |
Flamingoland in Kirby Misperton
near Malton is a theme park with nail-biting rides, a holiday
village, rides for children and a zoo with
Siberian tigers, sea lions, monkeys, meerkats, zebras, camels,
reptiles and penguins as well as flamingos!
In the Yorkshire Law and Order Museums
in Ripon, stand in the dock to receive your deportation sentence
to Australian in the Courthouse Museum, spend some time in the
Victorian cells in the Prison and Police Museum, and imagine being
deloused before work and porridge in the Workhouse Museum.
Castle Howard is a great place
to spend the day. You can wander round the house and the gardens,
visit the new plant centre and buy jam and cake in the farm shop
more
see Castle
Howard in 360º
You won't be lost for museums
and things to do in York more
At Scarborough's North Bay, sail around
Peasholm Park on a giant swan, get competitive with crazy golf,
travel on the miniature steam railway to the Sea Life Centre,
have some candyfloss or an ice cream, and cool off with a dip
in the pool at Atlantis
Snap up a bit of Harrogate culture at the
Royal Pump Room Museum where you can learn about England's premier
spa town, home to the strongest sulphur wells in Europe. Over
15,000 people used to visit every summer, and now you too can
sample the delights of the sulphrous water!
The green by the river at Huttton
le Hole is a great place to stop for a picnic, and Ryedale Folk
Museum lets you experience how people lived and worked
see Hutton
le Hole in 360º
North and East Yorkshire have some
of the best Jurassic and Cretaceous geology in the world, and
erosion of the cliffs means an fossils are plentiful more
| York
Art Gallery
and Museums |
Clifford's
Tower is a motte-and-bailey castle in the middle of the
city.
See Clifford's
Tower
in
360º
It was built in 1068 by
William the Conqueror and in 1189,
the city's Jewish residents took refuge in the tower from
the angry mob that had gathered outside. Refused safe
passage, those inside chose to die at each other's hands
rather than face the violent crowd outside.
There's also the National
Railway Museum, York Dungeon, Jorvik Viking Centre,
the Impressions Gallery, York Castle Museum, the Yorkshire
Air Museum at Elvington and the Yorkshire Farming
Museum at Murton...
...York
Art Gallery has recently had a major refurbishment,
St Mary's the contemporary art space in the centre of
York has a textile exhibiton called Breathing
Space, there's an Ice
Age Exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum in the
Museum Gardens, and you can find your way round York
Maize Maze with the help of huge talking wooden
sculptures. |
Other
museums include...
The National
Railway Museum, York Dungeon, Jorvik Viking Centre,
the Impressions
Gallery, York Castle Museum, the Yorkshire
Air Museum at Elvington and the Yorkshire Farming
Museum at Murton...
...York
Art Gallery has recently had a major refurbishment,
while St Mary's, the contemporary art space in the centre
of York, has a textile exhibiton called Breathing
Space. There's an Ice
Age Exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum in the
Museum Gardens, and this year you can find your way round
York
Maize Maze with the help of huge talking wooden
sculptures. |
More
info:
National
Railway Museum
Yorkshire
Air Museum
York Museums
Trust
Yorkshire
Farming Museum
York Maze
Clifford's
Tower
York
Dungeon
Jorvik
Viking Centre
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Gallery,
360º
views and audio:
Ice
Age Exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum
Breathing
Space at St Mary's
Meet Vikings!
See
Breathing Space
downstairs
and upstairs
in
360º
See
Dick
Turpin's Cell at York Castle Museum in
360º
See
the National
Railway Museum
in 360º~
See Clifford's
Tower in
360º
See the Victorian
Parlour in
360º
See the 1950s
front room in
360º
See the Half
Moon Court in
360º
See Half
Moon Court in
360º
Siberian prison camps at
the Impressions
Gallery
Talking painting: The
Martyrdom of St Clement at York Art Gallery
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Howard |
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The Howard estate holds
exhibitions, workshops an concerts all year round. Each year
the Last Night of the Proms is held in the grounds outdoors
and people enjoy atmospheric champagne picnics in front of
the lake. |
More
info:
Castle
Howard website
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| Fossils |
North and East Yorkshire have some of
the best Jurassic and Cretaceous geology in the world, and
erosion of the cliffs means an fossils are plentiful
- evidence for the changing environment of tropical seas,
rivers and swamps in this region’s ancient past.
Woodend Museum and Art Gallery in Scarborough,
and Whitby Museum have a great collection of Jurassic geology |
More
info:
Whitby
Museum
Scarborough
Museums and Gallery
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