YORK CASTLE MUSEUM

York Castle Museum is an award-winning museum that has stories to tell about more than 400 years of York’s past. It was earlier a prison which was later converted to a museum. The museum has several highlights such as the recreated Victorian Street Kirkgate, the York Castle Prison, the Toy Stories, The Sixties, and others.

A trip to the award-winning York Castle Museum must be on your list of tourist places to visit in York. This is the place that will narrate the ancient history of over 400 years of the city of York through recreated Victorian Street, Kirkgate, recreated Jacobean dining rooms, and others. Stroll through the interactive and immersive galleries and take a look at thousands of historic objects that will bring the bygone eras alive for you.

Take a walk across Kirkgate, the recreated Victorian Street with cobblestone paths and authentic shops with collections from the bygone era. Feel awe-struck as you take a look at some of the pharmacist's unlikely 'cures', traditional sweets, and luxurious costumes in these shops. Walk into the York Castle Prison, and visit its infamous residents to know about them. Take a look at an iron corset, crotchless pantaloons along with bum rolls, and a killer dress of Jane Austen’s era. Visit the popular exhibition Toy Stories to take a trip down memory lane to your childhood days. Go to the Sixties exhibition to know the story of how many areas of public and private life changed during that decade.

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Highlights

• Visit the award-winning York Castle Museum to know about over 400 years of York's past.
• Walk across Kirkgate, the recreated Victorian Street with cobblestone paths and authentic shops with collections from the bygone era.
• Stroll into the York Castle Prison, to meet some of its infamous residents to learn about them. 
• Get a glimpse of Jane Austen’s era while looking at an iron corset, crotchless pantaloons along with bum rolls, and a killer dress from that period.
• Take a look at Toy Stories, the toy exhibition to be reminded of childhood days.
• Visit the Sixties exhibition to know about how many areas of public and private life changed during that decade.