York Castle Museum

York Castle Museum is a museum located in York, on the site of York Castle, originally built by William the Conqueror in 1068. The museum is housed in prison buildings, which were built on the site of the castle in the 18th century.

Here I am holding an authentic musket from the collection of the museum. They also have a large collection of assorted weapons from history.


The museum's displays include recreated period rooms such as a Victorian parlor and a Jacobean dining room, displays of everyday life in Dr. Kirk's Gallery and the Hearth Gallery, and craft workshops in the cells of the old Debtors Prison. There is also a recreation of a Victorian street.


The former Condemned Cell, once occupied by Dick Turpin, is also there.