Harmonymagic Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Im thinking of taking the kids to York castle museum next weekend, was wondering if anyone had been & is it any good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brumpts Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Yes ive been with my 7 year old and we loved it..very good!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bypassblade Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Yes ive been with my 7 year old and we loved it..very good!! I'm 53 & went with my 50 year old wife, we both loved it:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmonymagic Posted June 4, 2012 Author Share Posted June 4, 2012 Well it's my 40th sowers going for that has its somewhere iv been wanting to go, I know it wont be a waste of a gd day now then, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callippo Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 it's really easy to incorporate it into a York trip, easy to reach by foot from the other principal attractions, even with small kids. The museum is really rather good. I went with some Japanese people once who loved it because the Japanese love castles - almost all of theirs have been destroyed down the centuries, and there's hardly any left, compared to here. they had little pamphlets concerning particular events about the history of York in Japanese language on sale, I bought some from the shop as gifts for them. Not every UK tourist attraction, especially outside London, has that kind of scope. I was really proud of the UK tourism industry that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernStar Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Haven't been for years but the castle museum was always the best museum in York. A store that once belonged to one of my ancestors was in one of the mock street scenes in that museum, the store was called Ellekers (owners name was Elleker Easingwold), it sold metal-ware things like pans if I remember correctly. If you happen to notice it I'd love to know if it still exists because I know they have changed a lot of things in there since I last visited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ousetunes Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 You can visit York Museum and also Clifford's Tower and York Dungeon. All three attractions are grouped together. Doing the dungeon last, you can wander up the Shambles towards the Minster. From there, gain access to the walls at Monk Bar. Walk in a clockwise direction and 'get off' at Lendal Bridge. You then have the Ouse (take a pleasure cruiser) and Museum Gardens. You can then walk into the shopping area and have lunch at The House of Trembling Madness on Stonegate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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