Ryedale Folk Museum

Some of the activities happening onsite over the weekend.  Our free entry day on Sunday the 14th was a great success with over 400 people in attendance.  We are now all getting ready and gearing up for next weeks half term activities.  Staff and volunteers will be manning the cooking and craft workshops and preparing trails on site.  CG

The final part of Edward Harrison's demonstration of Fire making equipment and objects from the collection. This video looks at the fascinating variety of matches which were available in the early years of the invention, the unusual and rare Dobbereiner Lamp, and some amusing novelty match holders. C.Gough

Further fascinating objects relating to fire making from the Harrison Collection. Narrated by Edward Harrison, this video looks at some unusual fire making implements as well as the simple yet beautiful fire glass. C.Gough

Once again Edward Harrison was kind enough to talk me through some of the huge Harrison Collection. One of Edwards favourite subjects within the collection is fire-lighting. The collection contains a huge array of ingenious devices to light fire. Fantastic inventions as well as basic essential devices such as the tinder box. See the video below for a brief look at just some of the objects. C.Gough