Ryedale Folk Museum

Preparations are underway at our Stang End Cottage for the filming, by the BBC, of “Death Comes to Pemberley”, a novel by P D James which is a sequel to Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”.   Filming will be happening on Monday 5 th  and Tuesday 6 th  August. The site will be open as usual and only one building will be closed off. If you visit us we ask for your patience while the filming is going on and hope you enjoy seeing the filming process in action.  You will be seeing Stang End furnished as a Regency period cottage rather than the usual 16 th /17 th  century, they have given it a licak of paint and totally revamped the garden!  The film will be aired at Christmas time. Our big long table down one side has gone and a round table with four chairs has appeared in the middle. Our two wooden slat beds replaced with a double! And a bit more garden has suddenly appeared!

The museum's model village Kevin & Wendy Simms. Wendy demonstrating the use of a rolling pin The salt box in Stang End. A salt box was often built into the fireplace wall to prevent salt going damp. A traditional cheese press in Stang End. Enjoying a cookie decorated in White Cottage. A few pictures of the museum during half-term. It was cold, but as usual plenty to see and do, the little lad loves it. Jonathan S

Lots Of Changes At The Museum It's been over a year since I was last at Ryedale Folk Museum, it was nice to go with my little lad Tom in half term and see what has been happening. There were some new pygmy goats which Tom liked, and one of the Buff Orpingtons had made a nest in Max's stable. Barbara and Joan were in residence with handicrafts and there was a nice exhibition of quilts in the Manor House. Building work is advancing well on the new Harrison Collection building and it was nice to see plenty of visitors when it was raining. Jonathan S