Ryedale
Folk Museum
Hutton-le-Hole, North Yorkshire
4000 Years of North Yorkshire Life

Welcome to Yorkshire's leading open air museum. There are 13 historic buildings showing the lives of ordinary folk from earliest times to the present day. The Museum lies in the heart of the North York Moors. Set in 3 acres, there are rescued and reconstructed historic buildings including, shops, thatched cruck cottages, Elizabethan manor house, barns and workshops. The museum records the daily life of North Yorkshire people from the earliest inhabitants to 1953. There are the tiniest of Neolithic flints, the magnificent cruck timbers from the 16" century and the splendid 1850's Merryweather fire engine.
Among the treasures in the museum there is the oldest daylight photographic studio in the country, and the renowned Hayes collection of photographs. The witch post in Stang end cottage is one of only 20 known examples and all coming from Yorkshire apart from just one in Lancashire. There is a comprehensive collection of working craft tools and domestic cookery equipment.
The museum hosts a series of special days and events throughout the year, including, craft demonstrations, rare breeds of farm livestock, engine days, working cottage life, and more besides. Winner of many awards including, Museum of the Year   

         

 

 Please Ring 01751 417367 for further details
Registered Charity 523368.

How to find us		Historic Re-enactment

Photos : Richard Clive & Nick Fletcher

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