York Castle Museum

Introduction

Housed in converted eighteenth-century prison buildings, York Castle Museum is one of Britain's best-loved city museums. Its star attraction is Kirkgate, a recreated Victorian cobbled street lined with dozens of authentic shop fronts, from sweet shops to druggists, glowing under gas lamps. Beyond it lie an early twentieth-century street, old schoolrooms and toy displays, plus actual prison cells you can walk into, telling two centuries of everyday York life. Families and history lovers alike easily spend half a day here, and the Minster and Shambles are only a short walk away.

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