The most modern and spine-chilling of English Heritage's properties, the York Cold War Bunker uncovers the secret history of Britain's Cold War. Enter the blast-proof doors and investigate the more unusual side of York's heritage. In active service from the...

Welcome to the National Railway Museum – the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year to our sites at York and Shildon.

The Bar Convent Museum includes the Victorian Entrance Hall, the ground floor and first floor galleries of the museum, the Parlour and also the chapel. The Museum tells the early history of Christianity in the North of England and tells the story of Mary Ward....

Visit the former gardens of Noel Goddard Terry, of the famous York chocolate-making firm. Designed by George Dillistone, the garden complements the house's Arts & Craft style.

Mind your head when you visit Micklegate Bar Museum and its three floors of history set above the Royal Gateway into Historic York. Many of its visitors in the past were not so careful and quite literally lost their head's over Micklegate Bar for acts of treason...

Set in beautiful botanical gardens situated within the heart of York, the Yorkshire Museum is a treasure house for all the family. Some of Britain's finest Roman and Viking finds, as well as internationally renowned collections of pottery and fossils, are here to be...

One of York’s great historic treasures and one of its best kept secrets Step through the doors of York’s civic history from the simplicity of the hall way to the grandeur of the Stateroom, from seeking the secret drawers hidden in a bureau to discovering the...

York Museums Trust is an independent charity which manages some of the most important York attractions. York Castle Museum, Yorkshire Museum and Gardens, York Art Gallery and York St Mary's. The buildings and their contents are owned by the City of York Council,...

The CBA is an educational charity working throughout the UK to involve people in archaeology and to promote the appreciation and care of the historic environment for the benefit of present and future generations.

York Art Gallery combines a distinguished history of displaying fine paintings and ceramics with a modern-day welcome to all through a busy calendar of exhibitions, events and outreach work. Paintings are displayed in six areas over the two floors of the gallery and...