Ryedale Folk Museum

Lovely little museum. Visited for the first time and was pleasantly surprised at what was here. Plenty of different time periods to visit and see. Nice little outside games along the way to play as a family. Welcoming staff. Even had a free homecooked jam tart. Lovely to see a little apple orchard.

We loved this museum. Much bigger than we thought once we entered through the shop. Plenty to see and explore. Great for all ages. Little hamlet /village kept as traditional as the day it was built. Buildings were stocked with plenty of items from that time and how those people lived back then. Lots of information board on your way round. Centred in a beautiful small village.

Spent a good 5 hours here, including coffee at a nearby coffee shop. The entrance ticket gives you a discount in the village coffee shops. The museums was really well kept, staff were helpful and friendly and the entrance price is very good value. Had a lovely day but be aware of the two pigs.. They are always hungry and know the sound of you opening the bag of food that's available to feed them. 😄.

A great little discovery. We stopped here in the way home from a weekend away. Pay once and have entry for a year. Some great buildings to explore. Some amazing olden days cottages showing how people would have lived.

Much bigger than first impression, well worth the entrance fee

A really nice few hours out. They had a separate trail of counting hob like gnomes, which kept kids happy. Not too cheap but you can return (although u likely we will in the year as far away). Buildings are informative and lots to see. Great on a sunny day you are in and out of buildings. Nice effort with kids games, ride ons and small play zones. We enjoyed feeding the pigs and chickens for a small fee too. No cafe on site but of course you can leave and go to the ones in the village and return. Its layout takes you up and away from the entrance though so we finished our loop first. Shop on entry and exit was nice. Not much linked to the history of the place.

Lovely place. Lots to see. We visited in march but I'm sure it will be even more spectacular in spring/summer when the animals are back and the crops and flowers are growing. Well worth a visit.

A fantastic place to explore! Loads of historic houses to wander through, with plenty of little details to bring the past to life. Very welcoming for children – our 5-year-old loved the 'Hob' hunt (searching for little gnome-like dolls in the houses) and the kids’ games. Great value too, with the very reasonable entry price giving you unlimited visits for a year. Set in a beautiful village that’s lovely for a wander afterwards.

Situated on the main road through the village opposite The Green.From the outside the museum does not appear to be very big,but once inside you realise what the site lacks in width it makes up for in depth.The exhibits consist of old buildings from around Yorkshire that have been dismantled,taken to the museum and then re-erected.These range from an old manor house,farm cottages,various shops and business premises dating from the 17th to 20th centuries.Access to the various buildings is good and there is plenty of signage to explain about each exhibit.A couple of things worth noting are that as an open air museum the weather could determine ones enjoyment and there are no catering facilities.However our visit was most enjoyable and we came away with a good insight into life in rural Yorkshire in bygone days.

Years ago I had driven past thsi place and assumed there must be another one because of what i had read about it.It looked like a couple of little cottages. Later i stopped and took my children and got a big surprise! It has a big outside area with loads to see. There are loads of buildings rescued from elsewhere. cottages ,houses ,farm buildings and there was allsorts of work shops.There was machinery and vehicles connected wih various trades and professions.You can see people at work ,read about the history of various occupations and ways of life some of them long past.They have special days and exhiitions. The frontage has altered since I first went and every time I have been more stuff had been added.I haven't been for a while but writing this has made me realise it is time to pay avisit.

For what at first seems such a small museum this is great and there's actually loads to see and do. It's really interesting learning about the rural heritage of the area and entry isn't too expensive. There are lots of buildings like a blacksmith's forge, a village shop, a chemists, a medieval cottage and manor house (amongst others) uprooted from wherever they originally were, transported and re-erected in the confines of the outdoor museum - fascinating to explore and great fun for children. There's also a museum to moorland industries within the main museum, as well as a collection of old photography housed in the old photography studio, and a collection of tractors and other old vehicles housed in a barn. You could easily spend a whole day here.

This seems like such a wee museum with not much in it when you first go in. However it's deceiving as its actually huge! There are lots of cottages (some gorgeous thatched ones!) that are all perfect examples of how people lived. There were some staff teaching pottery and baking within some of the cottages but they were only doing this for large parties Luke school groups. There's a stone-age roundhouse, basic-affluent cottages that look to be original with straw beds and open fires. There's a cobblers, blacksmith, undertakers, chemist and lots of farming history also. My favourite bit was the 1950's post office as I'm 50's daft! There was also a vey friendly cat which appeared to be running the post office! There's acres of land to walk on do you could spend a whole day there. The shop has lovely gifts and locally made goods. There is a cafe but we would have had to ask for it to be opened to have had something. I think the museum needs a big injection of money to make it even better.