Established 1967 (1967) Designated 12 May 1969 | Collection size 60,000 objects Phone +44 1751 473653 | |
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Location Pickering, North Yorkshire, England Accreditation Arts Council England (AN:1359) Website www.beckislemuseum.org.uk Address Beck Isle, Pickering YO18 8DU, UK Hours Open today · 10AM–4PMWednesday10AM–4PMThursday10AM–4PMFriday10AM–4PMSaturday10AM–4PMSunday10AM–4PMMonday10AM–4PMTuesday10AM–4PM Public transit access Pickering railway station (North Yorkshire Moors Railway) Similar Pickering Castle, Eden Camp Museum, Ryedale Folk Museum, Dalby Forest, Green Howards Regiment | ||
Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life is a social history museum in Pickering, North Yorkshire, England. The museum features period business displays including the shops of a barber, blacksmith, chemist, cobbler, cooper, printer, gentleman's draper, dairy and hardware store. There is also a Victorian-era pub and parlour, and a historic costume gallery.
The large collections it holds are housed in a fine regency period Grade II* listed mansion with farm outbuildings. Among the collections are the photography and photographic equipment of Sydney Smith, noted photographer of Pickering. The images from the collection number several thousand, quite a number are on display throughout the museum. Most of the images date from the 1920s to the late 1940s and are of Pickering and the surrounding villages, events and local people.