Agricultural & Industrial Museum — Attraction in York

This is an interesting museum, with a somewhat eclectic selection of items, grouped loosely together. The museum itself has quite a striking outside entrance area and although we visited when it was cold and raining, I could see it being an excellent place to hold social functions and gatherings. Inside you'll find what could be considered a transportation section with some classic cars, a small plane, a refurbished trolley car and a work train engine. Next is more of an agricultural/farming area with various implements and equipment, followed by printing, dental and other areas of industry that used to be dominant in the Lancaster/York area. Back upstairs there's a local industry section with many old lathes, drills and other assorted factory equipment, and across the way is the only disappointing part with the "giants of industry" which only has three things in it.

Overall worth a stroll around, you can easily spend a couple of hours poking around looking at the wide variety of items on display....

I came on a Wednesday afternoon and spent around 2 hours inside, I would actually spend more time but the museum closes at 4pm. I believe I was the only visitor :)) the location is quite central and convenient, I came by city bus.

I truly enjoyed the place: the historical collection is not too big, but big and diverse enough to learn a lot about York. I especially liked the overview of the variety of industries that were active in York, the diversity is quite impressive. I also enjoyed interactive parts of the museum, where you could touch things, get inside cars, etc. Overall, I can absolutely recommend visiting the place, it is...

Our daughter had her wedding here at the end of October. What an awesome non-traditional venue for a wedding! The guests loved being able to walk around the museum in between the ceremony and reception while pictures were being taken. We did the ceremony in the lobby and the reception in the hall of giants, but the courtyard would be a great choice as well. Fair price. Staff was friendly and super helpful as well. Thanks for an...