York Castle Museum

York Castle Museum
Established 1938 (1938)
Location York, England
Coordinates 53°57′19″N 1°04′42″W / 53.95527°N 1.078366°W / 53.95527; -1.078366
Director Janet Barnes, York Museums Trust
Website www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk
Raindale Mill, York Castle Museum

York Castle Museum is a museum located in York, North Yorkshire, England, on the site of York Castle, originally built by William the Conqueror in 1068. The museum itself was founded by John L. Kirk in 1938, and is housed in prison buildings which were built on the site of the castle in the 18th century, the debtors prison (built in 1701–05 using stone from the ruins of the castle) and the female prison (built 1780–85).

Galleries

Raindale Mill

Raindale Mill is a reconstructed early-19th-century flour mill which was moved from the North York Moors to the grounds of York Castle Museum in the 1960s.[5]

See also

References

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Coordinates: 53°57′20″N 1°04′42″W / 53.95559°N 1.07827°W / 53.95559; -1.07827

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