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Museums & Galleries in Harrogate
Rainy day or culture fix, the museums and galleries around Harrogate have you covered — think The Royal Pump Room Museum, Mother Shipton's Museum and Gift Shop and Tudor Courthouse Museum — many are free, and the distances below help you pick the closest.
Museums & Galleries
0.3 mi from Harrogate
The Royal Pump Room Museum
The Royal Pump Room is a Grade II* listed building in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. Today it houses the town's museum – operated by North Yorkshire Council. It was formerly... — Wikipedia
3.1 mi from Harrogate
Mother Shipton's Museum and Gift Shop
Mother Shipton's Cave in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, is a historic museum and gift shop set within a riverside woodland park. You can explore the cave linked to the legendary p...
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3.1 mi from Harrogate
Tudor Courthouse Museum
Museum building in Knaresborough, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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8.5 mi from Harrogate
Second World War Experience Centre
The Second World War Experience Centre is a registered charity archive in Otley near Leeds, dedicated to collecting and preserving the personal testimony of people who lived throug...
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8.6 mi from Harrogate
The Ron Kitching Library
Ron Kitching Cycling Memorobilia, 100 years of cycling
9.3 mi from Harrogate
Aldborough Roman Site Museum
Aldborough Roman Site Museum sits on the site of Isurium Brigantum, once capital of the Romanised Brigantes, the largest tribal confederation in Roman Britain. You can explore rema...
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10 mi from Harrogate
The Courthouse Museum
The Courthouse Museum occupies a Georgian courtroom built in 1830 and barely altered since, where you can explore the dock, witness box and Justices' bench and imagine standing tri...
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10.1 mi from Harrogate
Workhouse Museum
The Workhouse Museum sits in Ripon's original Gatehouse building, where you follow an inmate's journey from admittance in the Guardian's Room through the baths and fumigation proce...
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11.1 mi from Harrogate
Nidderdale Museum
Nidderdale Museum sits in the village of Pateley Bridge in the Yorkshire Dales, and brings to life over 200 years of rural history through thousands of objects displayed in origina...
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11.5 mi from Harrogate
Horsforth Museum
Local museum in Horsforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
12 mi from Harrogate
Abbey House Museum
Abbey House Museum recreates authentic Victorian streets and displays childhood toys, offering a hands-on look at Leeds' social history. It suits families and history enthusiasts,...
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12.4 mi from Harrogate
Ilkley Toy Museum
Ilkley Toy Museum is a small museum in the centre of Ilkley displaying a private collection of toys gathered over two decades, opened in 2001. You'll see dolls, dolls houses, teddi...
12.4 mi from Harrogate
Manor House Art Gallery and Museum
17th century manor house on on 14th century site and Roman fort. Now a local heritage and art museum located in Ilkley's old Manor House.
12.7 mi from Harrogate
Thackray Medical Museum
Medical museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
12.8 mi from Harrogate
M&S Company Archive: Marks in Time
The M&S Company Archive in Leeds, Yorkshire tells the story of the company's role in people's lives since 1884, drawing on a collection of over 72,000 items including founders' not...
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13.2 mi from Harrogate
Leeds City Museum
Leeds City Museum, established in 1819, is a museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Since 2008 it has been housed in the former Mechanics' Institute built by Cuthbert Brodrick,... — Wikipedia
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13.2 mi from Harrogate
Leeds Industrial Museum
The Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills is a museum of industrial heritage located in Armley, near Leeds, in West Yorkshire, Northern England. The museum includes collections o... — Wikipedia
13.8 mi from Harrogate
Royal Armouries
Royal Armouries in Leeds is a national museum dedicated to arms and armour, home to one of the world's oldest and most extensive collections of its kind. Inside you'll find histori...
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14.1 mi from Harrogate
Leeds Museums Discovery Centre
Leeds Discovery Centre is the purpose-built display storage facility built for Leeds Museums & Galleries in 2007. It was funded by Leeds City Council and the National Lottery Herit... — Wikipedia
14.5 mi from Harrogate
Bradford Industrial Museum
Bradford Industrial Museum is one of four sites run by Bradford District Museums & Galleries, alongside Bolling Hall, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery and Cliffe Castle Museum and Park....
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Make a day of it
Lots of UK museums are free with a suggested donation, and paid ones often do annual passes for little more than a day ticket — worth it if you're local or returning.
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