Ryedale Folk Museum

To promote the launch of the new Heritage Cycle Routes in August, we are putting on a free event including: Organised Cycle Route FREE Museum Entry for participants on the day & a FREE Lunch! Image copyright Mike Kipling NYMNP The route: The route taken on the day starts at Hutton-Le-Hole, goes to Gillamoor, then Fadmoor, then back around to Hutton-Le-Hole, which is just under 8 and a half miles. A longer route is available for those who want to be challenged! It is suitable for most ages and abilities, with young children probably struggling to cycle the hills, but walking these is always an option! The Heritage: The route covers some interesting points, which you can learn all about on your way, including: the wonderful folk tale of Sarkless Kitty, and the very point she is said to have haunted, Gillamoor Church and the works of Joseph Foord. Timings: Registration and set off from the Museum - Between 10am and 1pm. Free lunch and refreshments at Fadmoor Village Hall - Open betwee...

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

Don't miss our fantastic World War II enactment weekend this Saturday and Sunday. There will be Second World War displays and enactments throughout the site - including Land Army girls, 1940s sweet shop, model aeroplanes display, Army and Paras camp, Soviet Field Hospital, French Resistance fighters, Naval Commandos, Home Guard, grenade throwing and landmine clearing (!) and more - plus new this year 1940s hairdressing and '40s singing and dance by Kirkham Henry Performing Arts School.

Live period demonstrations all this weekend at Ryedale Folk Museum with the No Name Group ! They will be covering more than one period of traditional ways of living and crafts over the weekend - drop in to travel back in time ..... This is a video of a previous encampment by the re-enactors at our Museum  when they were living as Romans, Saxons and Vikings - 

Some photos from our popular car-rally, Sunday 4th September :