Ryedale Folk Museum
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Overview
Don’t miss this super outdoor museum. Exhibits include a 500-year-old thatched and cruck-framed farmhouse from Danby, moved to the museum’s five-acre site in 1967. The tall 16th-century manor house is a huge hall open to the roof beams. This was once the meeting place of the Manor Court, where disputes were settled and common rights safeguarded. Other museum buildings house a primitive 16th-century glass furnace, a photographer’s studio, and a row of shops recreated as they would have looked many years ago. At the heart of the museum is a fascinating collection of everyday items dating to before the 1950s, collected and preserved by brothers Edward and Richard Harrison. There are historical vehicles and bygones, working craft days and rare farm breeds – something for everybody, in fact.
Features
- Opening Times
- Opening Times: Open daily, mid Feb-Mar & Oct-Dec 10-4; Apr-Sep, 10-5
- Facilities
- Parking nearby
- Children
- Suitable for children of all ages
About the area
North Yorkshire, with its two National Parks and two designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is England’s largest county and one of the most rural. This is prime walking country, from the heather-clad heights of the North York Moors to the limestone country that is so typical of the Yorkshire Dales – a place of contrasts and discoveries, of history and legend.
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Caravan & Camping
Hutton-le-Hole Caravan Park
- Ice pack facility
- Picnic Area
- Wifi available
- Calor Gas
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