York Castle Museum: Experience life as a Victorian. Walk down cobbled streets and peer through windows of shops long gone. Take a journey through four hundred years of life in Britain, from parlours to prisons, marriages to the mill house. Discover a city at war and stumble into an underworld of highwaymen.
Welcome to the award winning York Castle Museum, the original story of everyday life. The Castle Museum brings over 400 years of history back to life in its award winning exhibitions and displays. You'll discover a unique combination of everyday life and extraordinary objects.
Adult £6
Concession £4.50
Child £3.50
Family £14 (two adults and one child; additional child, £3)
Admission is free to all York Residents on presentation of a York Card.
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