Advantages: excellent location and fantastic displays of 400 years of local history. Disadvantages: no audio guide and limited toilet facilities.
...1 October 2009 I visited York Castle Museum for the first time. It is a social history museum that is located in York on the very site of York Castle, which was originally built by William the Conqueror in 1068. It is two minutes walk from Clifford’s Tower and five minutes from Jorvik Viking Centre. It is considered to be a landmark in the development of museums and has twice won the York Tourism Award for best attraction.
During the 18th century ... ...the original bailey walls of York Castle. In my opinion that is the reason for the museum to be named York Castle Museum.
Then I walked up to the first floor, where I saw a few recreated rooms that represented lifestyles from Late Medieval to Victorian and on to post war. So in the Victorian Parlour you can see beautiful furniture, fine china and ‘fresh’ desserts, etc. Those reflect the prosperity and comfort of a middle class family, who lived ...
happysh2009 08.11.2009
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Advantages: layout Disadvantages: finding the place
...along cobbled streets of victorian york , all the little shops from sweet shop to candlemakers, even a prison and fire house ( the sweet shop actually smells like a sweet shop and the candlemakers smelled like the real thing was amazing to see hear and smell what it used to be like. all located indoors in what looks like very real believable streets. Walk through the 1950,s to the present day and what the houses used to look like , i even saw my ... ...everywhere but follow the signs for clifords tower and a big carpark ,you will see a carosel its beside that in what looks like a court house.
I believe this is a must see when visiting york , enjoy your visit , i cant wait to go back !! ...
retrobabe1971 04.10.2005
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