Best of Yorkshire & the Humber
The 20 best museums in Yorkshire & the Humber
Our curated top 20 museums in Yorkshire & the Humber, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 355 museums see the full museums index for Yorkshire & the Humber.
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Broughton, Lincolnshire
Broughton is a town and civil parish situated on the Roman Ermine Street, in the North Lincolnshire district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 5,726.
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City of Bradford
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Eastfield, North Yorkshire
Eastfield is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It was granted town status in January 2016. It is directly south of Scarborough and is sometimes described as one of its suburbs. Acco
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Harrogate
Harrogate ( HARR-ə-gət, -gayt, -ghit) is a spa town and civil parish in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town is a tourist desti
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North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a ceremonial county in Northern England. It is bordered by County Durham to the north, the North Sea to the east, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the south-east, South Yorkshire to
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Helmsley
Helmsley is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town is located at the point where Ryedale leaves the moorland and joins
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National Railway Museum
National Railway Museum — National rail transport museum in York, England, United Kingdom.
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Grimsby
Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town in Lincolnshire, England with a population of 86,138 (as of 2021). It is located near the mouth on the south bank of the Humber that flows to the North Sea. Gri
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Woodend Museum of Natural History
The Woodend Gallery and Studios is an art gallery in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, a town in England. The building was constructed in the 1835, for the architect George Knowles. It was one of four vil
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Prison & Police Museum
The Prison & Police Museum is a museum in Ripon, a city in North Yorkshire, in England. The building housing the museum was constructed in 1685, as a prison. In 1816, it was extended to provide addit
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City of Doncaster
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Nostell
Nostell is an estate about 4 miles ESE of Wakefield the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Huntwick with Foulby and Nostell which had a population of 90 in 2001
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Cawthorne
Cawthorne is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. The village was once a centre of the iron and coal mining industry; today it is part of an a
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Beck Isle Museum
The Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life is a social history museum in Pickering, North Yorkshire, England. The museum features period business displays including the shops of a barber, blacksmith, chemist,
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Bentley, South Yorkshire
Bentley is a suburb of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England two miles north of the city centre. The population of the ward (also including Arksey, Shaftholme, Toll Bar and part of Scawthorpe) within
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Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre
The Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre is a heritage attraction at Alexandra Dock, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, opened in 1991. The attraction is an Arts Council England Accredited Museum and holds a
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Yorkshire Museum of Farming
Yorkshire Museum of Farming — farming museum, living history centre in York, England, United Kingdom.
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Brodsworth
Brodsworth is a village and civil parish in the City of Doncaster district in South Yorkshire, England. Situated about five miles north-west of Doncaster city centre, the parish also includes Scawsby
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Haxby
Haxby is a town and civil parish in the City of York, a unitary authority area in the English county of North Yorkshire. According to the 2001 Census, the parish had a population of 8,754, which reduc
