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National Railway Museum
York, North Yorkshire
Home to 300 years of railway history. Marvel at world-famous locomotives like Mallard and the Flying Scotsman alongside royal train carriages.
Royal Armouries Museum
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The UK's national collection of arms and armour. Explore five galleries of historic treasures alongside live jousting and combat displays.
Hull & East Riding Museum
Hull, East Yorkshire
Walk through an Iron Age village, enter a Roman bathhouse, see stunning floor mosaics, and discover wooden warrior carvings.
Streetlife Museum of Transport
Hull, East Yorkshire
Experience 200 years of transport history. Walk down a 1940s cobbled high street, board vintage trams, and ride a horse-drawn carriage.
Hull Maritime Museum
Hull, East Yorkshire
Discover scrimshaw art, full-sized whale skeletons, ship models, and historic artifacts detailing Hull's fishing and maritime legacy.
Weston Park Museum
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Discover Sheffield's local social history from ancient archaeology to modern steelmaking, alongside natural history and Ancient Egypt galleries.
Wakefield Museum
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Explore local cultural treasures, eccentric historic objects, and surprising local stories charting Wakefield's development through time.
Cusworth Hall Museum
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Housed within an 18th-century Georgian mansion. Reflects everyday lives of Doncaster people from the 1700s to present day, surrounded by parkland.
Bradford Industrial Museum
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Housed in a former worsted spinning mill. Displays textile machinery, steam power, printing presses, and vintage motor vehicles.
Cliffe Castle Museum
Keighley, West Yorkshire
Victorian mansion featuring sparkling grand rooms, fine art collections, natural history displays, and Morris & Co. stained glass galleries.
Bolling Hall
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Rambling historic hall with medieval origins. Rooms are authentically furnished to reflect domestic life across different historical eras.
Leeds City Museum
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Discover natural history, Egyptian mummies, buried archaeological treasures, and the story of Leeds across interactive family galleries.
Leeds Discovery Centre
Leeds, West Yorkshire
State-of-the-art museum storage facility offering pre-booked free tours to view over one million fascinating and unusual objects.
National Coal Mining Museum
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Preserving England's mining heritage. Explore surface galleries, nature trails, meet pit ponies, and descend underground on guided tours.
Bayle Museum
Bridlington, East Yorkshire
Grade I listed gatehouse and Scheduled Ancient Monument dedicated to Bridlington's local history, ancient courtroom, and coastal heritage.
Filey Museum
Filey, North Yorkshire
Tucked away in two 17th-century fishermen's cottages. Showcases local fishing history, rural artifacts, and coastal life (Open Easter to Oct).
Robin Hood's Bay Museum
Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire
Housed in the old Coroner's Room and Mortuary in the heart of the village, displaying fascinating local smuggling, fishing, and shipwreck history.
Whitby Lifeboat Museum
Whitby, North Yorkshire
Former Victorian RNLI boathouse celebrating Whitby's heroic lifeboat history with paintings, bravery medals, and wreck mementos.
Ilkley Manor House
Ilkley, West Yorkshire
Grade I listed medieval house standing on Roman fort foundations. Serves as a free museum, art gallery, and heritage event space open weekends.
Tolson Museum
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Vivid picture of Huddersfield's people from pre-history to the present day, revealing Roman finds, textiles, early transport, and social curiosities.