Museums & Galleries · York
York Castle Museum
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Photo: Jitka Erbenová (cheva) (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Moorland Cottage period room showing 19th-century moorland life
- Automaton clock among the collection highlights
- Exhibition on York's confectionery industry workers
- Secrets of Dress exhibition
- Debtors' Prison exhibit to explore
The York Castle Museum is a museum located in York, North Yorkshire, England, on the site of York Castle, which was originally built by William the Conqueror in 1068. The museum itself was founded by John L. Kirk in 1938, and is housed in prison buildings which were built on the site of the castle in the 18th century, the debtors' prison and the female prison. — Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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- ✓ Gift Shop
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