Ryedale Folk Museum

Demonstrations Include: Pottery - Wendy Greenwood Wendy Greenwood from Greenwood Crafts will be demonstrating pottery on her kick wheel and will also be showing how Raku pottery is made. www.greenwoodcrafts.co.uk Quilting - Scarborough Heirloom Quilters Lace Making - Cleveland Lace Guild.  Cleveland Lace Guild has approx 90 members, who have an interest in lace. There are monthly meeting/workshops, which cover a wide range of crafts, including bobbin lace, needle lace, patchwork, beading, embroidery and crochet, but with a major emphasis on lace. Meetings are held on Saturdays at Egglescliffe Community Centre, Durham Lane, Eaglesliffe, TS16 0EH, from 10am to 3.30pm. The next meeting is on 14th September. Visitors pay £1 for the day, members pay £3 per year. Bring your own craft work and a packed lunch. At 1pm, Pat Martin will give a talk  on 'The Royal Wedding Flowers' and Lacemaid will be there with lace supplies. For more details, phone...

Ryedale Folk Museum is gearing up for another year’s entry to Yorkshire in Bloom with Judging next Tuesday! Yorkshire in bloom is an annual award and is part of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Britain in bloom. This is the Ryedale Folk Museum’s 8th year taking part. In our first year we won silver followed by five consecutive ‘Yorkshire Rose Gold’ awards in the visitors’ attraction category. But last year the Museum finally won Gold and best in category! ‘Its not just about the flowers and plants its about the whole museum, public awareness, conservation, recycling, growing better communities and improving our environment. The reason we win is thank to staff and volunteers working hard throughout the year to achieve a high standard within the museum’ Kevin Simms Museum Manager. This year the museum has done some extra planting and bedding, and has run awareness events like their recent ‘Bee Aware’ all around the importance of bees. The Museum is really pleased to take part in such a ...

Ryedale Folk Museum  has been shortlisted for a White Rose Award – the biggest tourism awards in the UK.  The Museum has made it through to the final of the  ‘Small Visitor Attraction’  category. Winners will be announced at the glittering ceremony on November 11 at New Dock Hall near the Royal Armouries, Leeds. Winners of each category will not only scoop one of these prestigious accolades, but they are also entered into the national tourism awards next year. “We are really delighted to have made it onto the shortlist, and it is a great recognition for the hard work all the staff and volunteers have put in, especially over the last few years with numerous developments. We try really hard to keep fresh with new exhibits and campaigns, and with the opening of the New Harrison Collection, we hoped to have had a positive impact  on Yorkshire Tourism, bringing people to the area and celebrating it!” Gary Verity, Chief Executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, said: “Compet...