York Castle Museum

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Established 1938 (1938) Phone +44 1904 687687 Founded 1938 Function Museum		Location York, England Founder John Kirk Architectural style Norman architecture

Director Janet Barnes, York Museums Trust Website www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk Address Eye of York, Tower St, York YO1 9RY, UK Hours Open today · 9:30AM–5PMSunday9:30AM–5PMMonday9:30AM–5PMTuesday9:30AM–5PMWednesday9:30AM–5PMThursday9:30AM–5PMFriday(Good Friday)9:30AM–5PMHours might differSaturday9:30AM–5PMSuggest an edit Similar York's Chocolate Story, York Museum Gardens, Jorvik Viking Centre, York city walls, York Minster Profiles Facebook

York Castle Museum is a museum located in York, North Yorkshire, England, on the site of York Castle, originally built by William the Conqueror in 1068. The museum itself was founded by John L. Kirk in 1938, and is housed in prison buildings which were built on the site of the castle in the 18th century, the debtors' prison (built in 1701–05 using stone from the ruins of the castle) and the female prison (built 1780–85).

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Kirkgate – a recreated Victorian Street, named after the museum's founder, was redeveloped and expanded in 2012.

Toy Stories – a history of children's toys.

Recreated period rooms including a Victorian parlour and a 17th-century dining room.

The Cells – a display about life in the prison – was opened in 2009 in the cells of the old Debtors Prison. The former Condemned Cell, possibly once occupied by Dick Turpin, can also be visited.

1914: When the World Changed Forever – opened in 2014 to commemorate the centenary of the First World War.

Raindale Mill

Raindale Mill is a reconstructed early-19th-century flour mill which was moved from the North York Moors to the grounds of York Castle Museum in the 1960s.

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Raindale Mill

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