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Museums in North Yorkshire

This list of museums in North Yorkshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Name	Image	Town/City	Region	Type	Summary
Bedale Museum		Bedale	Hambleton	Local	website, local history, household and agriculture tools and items
Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum		Skinningrove	Redcar and Cleveland	Mining	website, also known as the Tom Leonard Mining Museum, ironstone mining, mine tours, skills, customs and life of the miners
Dales Countryside Museum		Hawes	Hambleton	Local	Local history of the Yorkshire Dales, including school days, home life, leisure time, religion, transport, communication and tourism, farming, local crafts and industries
Duncombe Park		Helmsley	Ryedale	Historic house	Reconstructed 18th century country house with collection of English and Continental furniture, gardens, parkland. Host to the Duncombe Park Steam Rally
Filey Museum		Filey	Scarborough	Local	website, local history, culture, fishing, farming, period craft and room displays
Grassington Folk Museum		Skipton	Craven	History	website, local history, lead mining, minerals, tools, farming, period costumes, Yorkshire Dales Railway, household items
Green Howards Regimental Museum		Richmond	Richmondshire	Military	History and memorabilia of the Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)
Guisborough Museum		Guisborough	Redcar and Cleveland	Local	website, local social, agricultural and commercial history
Holgate Windmill		Holgate	York	Mill	Late 18th century tower windmill under restoration
National Railway Museum		York	York	Railway	History of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society, locomotives, rolling stock, equipment, artifacts and memorabilia
Newby Hall		Ripon	Harrogate	Historic house	Late 17th century house with interior by Robert Adam, gardens. Host to the Newby Hall Vintage Gathering
Newham Grange Leisure Farm		Coulby Newham	Middlesbrough	Agriculture	Farm park and rare breed conservation centre, reconstructions of s 19th century veterinary surgery and an early 20th century agricultural merchants shop, history of farming since the 17th century
Nidderdale Museum		Pateley Bridge	Harrogate	History	Rural life, period rooms and trades, costumes, agriculture tools and equipment, local industries and transport vehicles
North Yorkshire Motor Museum		Thornton-le-Dale	Ryedale	Transportation	website, commercial vehicles, automobiles, motorbikes, memorabilia
RNLI Whitby Museum		Whitby	Scarborough	Maritime	website, lifesaving history and artifacts, a lifeboat, models, paintings, medals, photographs, lifeboat kit, items from famous rescues, famous coxswains Henry Freeman and Tom Langlands
RNLI Zetland Museum		Redcar	Redcar and Cleveland	Maritime	website, website, lifesaving and the Zetland Lifeboat, replica fishermens cottage, local maritime history
Scarborough Fair Collection		Scarborough	Lebberston	Amusement	Mechanical organs, steam engines, fairground rides, vintage cars, miniature vehicles and model railways
Swaledale Museum		Reeth	Richmondshire	Local	Local history, geology, lead mining, trades, farming, culture
York Castle Museum		York	York	History	Recreated Victorian street with shops, period rooms including a Victorian parlour and Jacobean dining room, displays of every day life, 1960s memorabilia, wartime experience in World War II, York Castle Prison
Yorkshire Air Museum		Elvington	York	Aviation	Historic aircraft, history of RAF Elvington, military vehicles, exhibits on air gunners, RAF Bomber Command
Yorkshire Museum of Farming		Murton	York	Agriculture	Agriculture equipment, rural life, changes in farming, small section of the Derwent Valley Light Railway, live animals

See alsoEdit

• Category:Visitor attractions in North Yorkshire

ReferencesEdit

• Yorkshire Moors and Coast - Tourism Guide
• Harrogate Museums
• Hambledon District Museums
• Richmondshire Museums
• Discovery Yorkshire Coast

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