Rubén Fabelo
01.03.2025
Very nice local museum that goes through the history of York. I was not expecting to pay a fee to go in.
Bekki Hughes
28.02.2025
Was beautiful walking around here. We felt the spirituality of the grounds was beautiful even on a wet day!
Nina Pace
27.02.2025
Hidden gem, reasonably priced and very informative. Plenty for all ages and nice shop
Dr Aung Myo Myint
25.02.2025
Absolutely great place to learn about railway history. Highly recommend to visit
P S
25.02.2025
What an absolute find this museum was. Absolutely fascinating and so immersive. An excellent range of relics and artefacts that I’d never seen before in other museums. Really well worth a visit if you find yourself in York. Paired with the abbey ruins, a great few hours spent.
Norma Davies
24.02.2025
Good museum with a large range of historical artefacts.
Vanita Solanki
15.02.2025
Went to museum cinema, watched Moonstruck. Ladies only.
P. A.
13.02.2025
Tanto el parque o jardín como el museo que fue construido sobre un edificio religioso, merecen la pena y se explica la evolución y transformación de la ciudad de York. El jardín y el parque sin gratuitos aunque tienen horario. En verano es un buen sitio donde relajarte y quedar con amigos.
Es preferible comprar las entradas con antelación para el museo para no tener que esperar en recepción. De vez en cuando, además de flores y plantas únicas, aparecen ardillas.
Tracey Deakin
12.02.2025
Fabulous place to visit 😀
Chris Taylor
10.02.2025
This was a great museum with many fantastic exhibits, especially Roman ones.
malcolm watson
10.02.2025
A great local museum with a depth of history covering York’s growth over the last 2,500 years. A good place for all the family, plus take time to walk around the gardens/grounds.
Daniel Willingham
06.02.2025
Wonderfully historic and interesting museum in the heart of York and its Museum Gardens. The building that houses the museum is just simply stunning and is the perfect building to house such a wonderful collection and was built around 200 years old and goes in keeping with the brilliant history of the city and the location. There are a number of exhibitions to see all of which are very well laid out, brilliantly displayed and are thoroughly informative and full of wonderful exhibits and artefacts. The exhibitions on show include Yorkshire's Jurassic World, Star Carr: Life after The Ice, Roman York and Viking and Medieval York. Star Carr: Life after the Ice talks about human life was like 11,000 years ago and also how they lived and there are a number of interesting and intriguing artefacts from one of the most mesolithic sites in the world called Star Carr which is near Scarborough. The artefacts on show include headdresses, Flint tools, Axes and Hammerstones giving an interesting insight into how humans survived and lived during this period. The exhibition about Roman York is probably the most informative and interesting exhibition of all talking about the Roman Site of Eboracum and how it became a Roman Stronghold in Roman Britain and there some interesting artefacts to see including Roman Coins, Pottery, Stone Statues & Jewellery which are in amazing condition. Other items of mention in the Roman York exhibition is the brilliant Ryedale Hoard full of an array of wonderful artefacts. Yorkshire's Jurassic World goes into Dinosaurs and other Prehistoric life that roamed the landscape millions of years ago and there are a number of brilliant interactive displays in this exhibition which is great fun and in there is a lovely display about Mary Anning and her quest to find fossils, which is interesting and some intriguing fossils to see. The Viking and Medieval York exhibition goes into life in Viking and Medieval York with some brilliant informative and some very exciting artefacts to see including The York Helmet, The Middleham Jewel and The Figure of Christ. In the Museum Gardens it is just as good with some exotic plants to see and also the ruins of the beautiful St Mary's Abbey to wander around which is a great addition to the place. There is a gift shop inside the museum which sells a lovely range of souvenirs at reasonable prices. Overall this is a throughly interesting, intriguing, riveting and enjoyable day out which makes for a welcoming and brilliant day out. Well worth a visit whilst in York.
Mo
05.02.2025
Exhibits on Romans and Saxons among others.
The museum also contains the Middlesbrough meteorite (which fell in 1881). It's definitely the oldest thing you will see in the museum!
Rifka Putriandini
04.02.2025
Super fun for the kids!! Very interactive. I also enjoyed it as an adult. Lots of dinausurs stuff. It's quite small but it is great.
veeleather_larp strand
02.02.2025
Cracking good exhibition friendly helpfull staff very disabled friendly ...
J
02.02.2025
This is in my opinion one of the must visit if you are in York. Great museum that guides you through the history of York. Lots of dinosaurs fossils and archeological items in exhibitions.
Michael Aronson
28.01.2025
So engaging and caters for all ages. Lovely setting too.
