Ryedale Folk Museum

Come join us for some FREE festive fun! Enough to keep the whole family entertained! Craft Stalls Hot mince pies and sausage rolls on the range Children’s crafts ‘Mangle print your own Christmas card’ ‘Make your own mini rag rug flower’ Decorate your own biscuit A sweet seller in the post office Cooking and chatting in Crofters Cottage A Blacksmith in his workshop Edward Harrison talking to visitors about the wonderful Harrison Collection Not forgetting … Ethel and Maud the pigs, and Lola and Daisy our Pygmy goats And if you get too cold there is always a warm retreat with festive food and drinks in our cafe. Why not try to win yourself a raffle prize, with generous prizes of gift sets and vouchers supplied by the NYMR, The Ginger Pig, Middleton Post Office Tea Rooms and beer from Ampleforth Abbey! Give a unique experience this Christmas… Why not get your loved ones a gift to remember this Christmas, and buy them a Craft Course experience here at the museum. We have craft dates through...

Ryedale Folk Museum's very special Christmas weekend event: A great weekend for all the family. The 1st – 2nd of December will see the Museum in full festive swing with activities, demonstrations, crafts, cooking, stalls, music and all round festive fun. Hope to see you there to help the museum close for Christmas with a bang! FREE ADMISSION

We finished the Ryedale Folk Museum season with a wonderful Christmas Weekend Celebration! We opened up our doors for the weekend with free entry and plenty of festive cheer. We had record breaking visitors and would like to thank everyone who braved the cold weather to come. We would also like to say a thank you to Ampleforth Community Children's Choir and Kirkbymoorside Primary School choir and band  that came and sang, they sounded great and really added to the Christmas atmosphere. The weekend wouldn't have been successful without the hard work and support from our staff and volunteers who gave up their time to make this Christmas Weekend the best ever! From baking mince pies and providing raffle prizes to helping kids with crafts in the Study Centre, so I must say a BIG THANK YOU  for all their hard work. Max getting new shoes for Christmas! Joan showing off her basketry skills Pam baking biscuits for the children to decorate Jim and Eddie woodworking in the workshop...

To celebrate another year we are holding a FREE ENTRY Christmas Weekend at the museum, there is plenty going on with choirs, childrens crafts and much much more!

Member of staff Emma Colclough took these great pictures of the snow at the Museum. It hasn't showed any signs of melting yet so sadly we have had to cancel the Christmas Weekend Event. These pics are great though and it does look like a real winter wonderland.

Last weekend was the museum's free christmas weekend event. There were raffles, tombolas, medieval re-enactors, cakes, biscuits, book stalls, crafts, cooking, mulled wine, live music and more! The weekend was a huge success and we had over 1000 people through the doors over the 2 days. Some photographs of the event can be seen below. A big thank you to everyone who helped during the weekend, including staff and volunteers! Carrie (Photos by Pete Gough)