Ryedale Folk Museum

Ryedale Folk Museum finally achieves best in category! Yorkshire in Bloom: Gold Rose Award & Category Winner : Visitor Attractions   ‘Hard on the heels of their recent successful opening of the Harrison display, the Fold Yard and the ever popular T G Willey photograph and camera exhibitions, Ryedale Folk Museum are thrilled to announce that they have been chosen, out of all the entries, to receive a Golden Rose Award and to top it off, best in category in the extremely prestigious Yorkshire in Bloom competition . All this to crown a successful season .’ Kevin Simms Museum Director.   After many years of entering Yorkshire in Bloom, Ryedale Folk Museum has finally achieved Best in Category! Out of all the attractions that entered the museum is extremely proud to have won in its category from the whole of Yorkshire. After the opening of three new collections it really does top off a great year, and it couldn’t be done without our team of volunteers.   ‘We couldn’t o...

Today, there was much activity in the museum workshop, especially on the old MF 135. John Paul was fitting a new speedo on this tractor as the old one had been broken for ages. I gave him a hand, but unfortunately we discovered the cable had broken between the speedo and gearbox, so we ordered a new cable as well. We also shifted a bit of machinery around with the view to a bit of restoration of tractors and implements to their former glory. Speedo with 0 hours on the clock Volunteers John Paul & John Nichol One Ruston & Hornsby Seed Drill  I found this documentary on You Tube about Massey Ferguson production in Canada, the U.S and Britain. They don't make em like they used to eh? Jonathan S

Join us at the Museum this weekend for our popular Second World War living history event - Europe at War !

On a glorious summer's afternoon Eric Knowles of the Antiques Roadshow opened the Harrison Building and the Highlights of the Harrison Collection exhibition. Everyone was entertained by the guest of honour's speech and the exhibition got off to a great start ! The Highlights of the Harrison Collection exhibition is open daily - entry is included in the museum admission ticket.

Last weekend we held our Games in the Park event with some wonderful demonstrations of skipping, drumming, morris dancing, maypole dancing, horse riding, rope making, Cajun dancing, scouting games, childrens crafts, poetry, printing and much much more!     'Informative & fun'   'Loads to do for all the family, a great day out'   'I loved the drummers, I didn't want to leave'   As part of the weekend we also had some poetry workshops here are a couple of examples of the work some of the children did written about Max - the resident Clydesdale horse:   I fly to heaven, a rich paradise, a golden sky, a thousand stars touched never by human hands, instead by hoof, carried over land, far into the blue. Upon a deep, warm horseback. Security, high above, serenity, deep below. A foreign love.   A first draft from Meave and Charlotte, both aged 13. Max Whipping his hair proudly back, trouting gracefully without lack, His body moving ch...

My Last Car Exhibition 14 th July – 2 nd September 2012   Live performances daily from 30 th July – 5 th August (12-2pm) Do you remember your first car? How about your last?   My Last Car is an epic road trip that looks at our relationship with the car through a series of poignant, funny and uplifting tales. It explores all that the car means to us at the end of a great transport era . ‘The performance…was incredibly touching and thought-provoking (without being in the least bit eco-preachy, if you know what I mean). I found myself veering between moments of smug pride for never having owned a car, to feeling like I’ve missed out on an awful lot of life because of that, to having tears in my eyes at the incredibly moving and personal stories that the play told.’ –      audience member, Bentham Explore the world of the automobile in all its complexity through live performance; discover an exhibition of a Rover 316 carefully di...

Games in the Park 18 th – 19 th August   Playground favourites brought back to life Join us as we celebrate games from yesteryear in a Yorkshire-wide scheme inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Indulge in nostalgic activities or try something new! Morris dancing British skipping team Merrils Traditional Victorian playground games Hiring Fair – including ‘bat the rat’, ‘chuck a duck’ and sheep hoopla! Games in the Park is part of New Worlds , which is a strand of imove , a Cultural Olympiad programme in Yorkshire www.imoveand.com @imoveand   imove has been funded by Legacy Trust UK , creating a lasting impact from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games by funding ideas and local talent to inspire creativity across the UK . New Worlds is a partnership between Alchemy; Bradford Council’s Department of Regeneration & Culture; Harewood House; National Centre for Early Music; National Media Museum; The Northern School of Contempo...