York Castle Museum, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

5maggie44_11 5:00 PM Dec 15, 2022

Never disappoints
I've been visiting this museum since I was a very young child (many years ago now) and I always find it fascinating. Now we live in York we take our visitors there and they never fail to be fascinated. Lots of different exhibits that appeal to all sorts of interests. I'd recommend taking a break for coffee or lunch in the middle or you'll get overwhelmed.

4Allypally 5:00 PM Oct 26, 2022

Great people, great place, more funding ple
The indoor street is worth a visit in itself. I would like to see more lesser known social artefacts than all of the crowd pleasing beatles, twiggy etc. That you see everywhere else, it gives a bit of a flattening affect to the past. We thought the projections in the cells were affective and appreciated the nuance to the exhibits given over to modern conflict. It was a little too busy during half term week, better use of advanced booking could be made to plan numbers, the system seemed to be down when we arrived and our details were taken on pen and paper. Some features did seem to be broken during and the number of interactive items into which you had to put a pound or two that wouldn't work unless you did so was frustrating after paying quite a high entry fee. The tiger that came to tea exhibition was also a little dissapointing. It could have been so much better if an attendant was employed for that area both to keep parts of the exhibit tidy and to help people get more from the short experience. The toilet area suffered a little for the high visitor numbers(!) Overwhelmingly we left feeling a bit sad for the museum and its staff. Obviously there are people that work there who work hard, who plan and currate and likely love the place. Who probably have all sorts of ideas they would like to put in place, and visitors willing to queue to see them. Ultimately museums like this are so much for the public good they should be securely funded and given greater freedom to do what they undoubtedly do well when given free rein and security.