Free To Visit Museums in Yorkshire

National Railway Museum

The National Railway Museum in York is home to 300 years of rail history and offers a fabulous day out for all ages.

Royal Armouries

The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds is home to the national collection of arms and armour. Visitors can explore arms and armour from across the world and throughout time in six themed galleries.

Hull and East Riding Museum

Walk through an Iron Age village, enter a Roman bath house and look at the stunning mosaics. Discover a mysterious crew of wooden warriors and see our medieval treasures!

Climb aboard at the Streetlife Museum of Transport and enjoy all the sights, sounds and smells of the past. Experience 200 years of transport history as you walk down a 1940’s high street, board a tram or enjoy the pleasures of our carriage ride.

Hull Maritime Museum

Discover the whaler’s craft of Scrimshaw and see a full sized whale skeleton, alongside superb ship models and stunning artefacts from Hull's whaling, fishing and merchant trade.

National Science & Media Museum

Temporarily Closed
Explore the science and culture of sound and light technology on our lives over eight floors of exhibits, including the wonderfully fun WonderLab and three cinemas.

Weston Park Museum, Sheffield

Weston Park Museum has primarily focuses on the fascinating history of Sheffield, from the archeological discoveries through to modern day. there are also permanent displays on Egypt and Natural Hsitory.

Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery

Explore natural history, archaeology, local history, fine art and more at Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery. Doncaster Museum charts the history of the town from the Ice Age to the present day.

Wakefield Museum

Discover the extraordinary, the oldest, the first, and the one and only in the Welcome to Wakefield display. See our local cultural treasures and learn surprising facts about the city.

Cusworth Hall Museum

From setting up home to working and socialising, the museum collections reflect the daily lives of people in Doncaster from the 18th century to the present day.

Bradford Industrial Museum

Bradford's Industrial Museum has permanent displays of textile machinery, steam power, engineering, printing machinery and motor vehicles, along with an exciting exhibitions programme.

Cliffe Castle Museum

Visitors, to Cliffe Castle Museum, can see sparkling Victorian rooms and furniture, paintings, and decorative art. Special galleries deal with natural history, archaeology and social history and the internationally important display of stained glass by Morris and Co.

Bolling Hall

With parts of the building dating from the Medieval, Bolling Hall is a rambling mixture of styles with every nook and cranny packed with history. Rooms are furnished and decorated to give an accurate taste of life at different periods of the house's history.

Leeds City Museum

Get close to amazing animals, uncover buried archaeological treasures and discover the incredible story of Leeds history. Leeds City Museum hosts two changing exhibitions per year, along with exciting events for everyone to take part in.

Leeds Discovery Centre

Explore our unique storage centre, discover fascinating objects and delve into the stories behind some of Leeds’ most intriguing and unusual items.

National Coal Mining Museum For England

The National Coal Mining Musuem for England preserves the heritage of the coal mining industry through informative and fun interactive exhibits. The museum offers indoor, outdoor and underground areas to explore.

Bayle Museum

Bayle Gate is a Grade I listed Building and scheduled Ancient Monument housing the Bayle Museum. The Lords Feoffees still use the Bayle Gate Courtroom as a meeting room. The Bayle Museum’s collection is dedicated to the history of the town and local area.

Filey Museum

Tucked away in the old part of town, the museum was originally two cottages, some of the oldest donestic buildings in Filey. Open Easter to October.

Robin's Hood Bay and Fylingdales Museum

Robin Hood's Bay and Fylingdales Museum, is situated in the old Coroner's Room and Mortuary. This small museum in the heart of the village houses fascinating collections and displays of local interest.

Whitby Lifeboat Museum

Once an RNLI lifeboat station, this Victorian double boathouse celebrates Whitby’s award-winning lifeboat history with a treasure trove of paintings, medals, photographs and mementos from famous wrecks and rescues.

Ilkley Manor House

Ilkley Manor House is an important, historic Grade I-listed building that stands on the remains of a Roman fort. The House, which dates from c. 1390, is open every weekend and is FREE to enter. With its busy programme of cultural events and activities, as well as being a museum and permanent art gallery,

Tolson Museum

A vivid and intriguing picture of the area and its people, from pre-history to present day, revealed through unique collections. From Roman finds to textiles, birds to transport, Tolson is a treasure house of the fascinating, the curious and the amazing.