You’re never short of museums in York, we have loads, full of amazing exhibitions.
Get ready to be horrified by 2,000 years of York’s dark history, with live actors and shows, the 75 minute tour will give you a truly unique look at our past with some laughs along the way.
853 metres from the Minster.Treasurer’s House is located a few metres from the York Minster and has a history spanning 2,000 years. The house features a collection of antiques including furniture, ceramics, textiles and paintings.
445 metres from the Minster.The York Art Gallery hosts a wide variety of exhibits showcasing works from paintings to ceramics. The gallery re-opened to the public in August 2015 after an £8 million redevelopment.
314 metres from the Minster.The York Castle Museum hosts a variety of exhibits from a fully reconstructed Victorian street showing the varying lives of the rich and the poor to the castle prison which once housed the infamous Dick Turpin.
1 mile(s) from the Minster.The York Minster is northern Europe’s greatest gothic cathedral. It’s current building is around 800 years old and is constantly been conserved and restored. The cathedral itself is open to the public and puts on a number of services every week as well as regular events.
0 metres from the Minster.York’s history is famous for our chocolatey past, and the York’s Chocolate Story museum is the place to find out all about it. At the museum you can discover how chocolate is made as well as York’s place in the chocolate world, as the home of products such as the Chocolate Orange and KitKat.
475 metres from the Minster.The Yorkshire Air Museum is the largest independent air museum in Britain. In it’s 22 acre site at Elvington, you can view a range of exhibits including a collection of aircraft and military vehicles.
7 mile(s) from the Minster.The Yorkshire Museum sits in the beautiful museum gardens and houses a range of exhibits about Yorkshire’s vast history.
434 metres from the Minster.The Yorkshire Museum of Farming is a 16 acre site on the outskirts of York dedicated to the agricultural history of the Ridings of Yorkshire. The museum runs activities throughout the year.
4 mile(s) from the Minster.
