York Castle Museum

York Castle Museum

York Castle Museum was the first of a new kind of museum in Britain. Traditional museum displays organised objects typographically and chronologically – all the objects of one type were displayed together so that the changes through time could be compared.

Location

York, United Kingdom

Founded in

1938

Past events

York Castle Prison. Courtesy of York Castle Museum

York Castle Prison

Permanent event

Toy stories. Courtesy of York Castle Museum

Permanent event

The Sixties. Courtesy of York Castle Museum

Permanent event

Shaping the Body. Courtesy of York Castle Museum

Shaping the Body

Permanent event

Kirkgate. Courtesy of York Castle Museum

Permanent event

Three tongue trainer 1983 Model Mac © John McIntire

Vivienne Westwood shoes

13 Jul 2018 — 28 Apr 2019

1914. Courtesy of York Castle Museum

28 Jun 2014 — 31 Dec 2018

Newspaper coverage of York Castle Museum's opening, 1938

Celebrating 80 Years of York Castle Museum

21 Apr — 30 Dec 2018

York Out of the Closet. Courtesy of York Castle Museum

York Out of the Closet

5 Jun — 4 Nov 2017

York Castle Museum

53.95508

-1.08016

Tower Street

York YO1 9RY United Kingdom

+44 1904 687687

www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk

Opening hours

Everyday from 9.30am to 5pm

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