Our family day out at York Castle Museum. You can also see many other videos on my Youtube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/ww2dynamite York Castle Museum is one of Britain's leading museums of everyday life. It shows how people used to live by displaying thousands of household objects and by recreating rooms, shops, streets and even prison cells. The new chemists' shop on Kirkgate It is best known for its recreated Victorian street, Kirkgate, which has been made bigger during 2012 with new backstreets to explore, more goods on display and real stories of York people and businesses to discover. The street was named after the museum's founder, Dr John L. Kirk, a North Yorkshire country doctor who collected everyday objects and wanted to keep them safe for future generations. The museum's room settings include a Victorian parlour, an 1850s Moorland cottage, Jacobean and Georgian dining rooms, a 1940s kitchen and a 1950s front room. The Sixties Our grooviest gallery, The Sixties, explores the music, fashion and everyday life of this exciting decade. Elsewhere are displays of historic toys, fashion, armour, weapons, tools, printing presses, cooking utensils, farming equipment and much more. The museum's past as two prison buildings is explored in York Castle Prison, where visitors come face to face with ex-prisoners including highwayman Dick Turpin, who was hanged in 1739 for horse stealing. York Castle Prison Conditions in the overcrowded prison were harsh and brutal and the real stories of the prisoners and staff are told in sometimes gruesome detail. Turpin spent his last six months in the Debtors' Prison, which was built in 1701-5, and today houses half of the museum's displays. The other half of the museum was originally the Female Prison, built in 1780-83. The museum, which opened in 1938, was named after the former York Castle, which stood on the site. Raindale Mill and the riverside area Remains of the former Castle walls can be seen outside the museum next to the River Foss and our Victorian watermill, Raindale Mill. Work has taken place in Spring 2012 to restore the mill and the nearby riverside area and the waterwheel can be seen in action again on many weekends, between 11am and 1pm - but please check before visiting to avoid disappointment. 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 Dr 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 1780-1785). Welcome to the award winning York Castle Museum - one of Europe's top museums, with authentic streets and a whole lot more... Take a tantalising trip through time as you step into the world famous recreated street - Kirkgate. Experience the sights and sounds of Victorian Britain and discover a whole lot more in this amazing museum of everyday life famous for its collections of costumes, textiles, military and social history. Special Exhibition - York Castle Prison ROGUES. THIEVES. KILLERS. DEBTORS. REVOLUTIONARIES. Come and see York Castle Prison's infamous residents and fascinating history brought to life in our latest exhibition. Experience a brutal and crooked prison system - and meet our most notorious inmate: the legendary highwayman Dick Turpin! Music in the video is by http://www.audionautix.com/

• published: 12 Oct 2013
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