York Castle Museum
Overlooked by Clifford’s Tower, this impressive building once housed the courts of York. Today it contains exhibitions of Yorkshire local history, with examples of rooms from different periods belonging to the various social classes. The highlight of the museum, though, is Kirkgate, a painstaking recreation of a Victorian street including a police station, schoolroom, barbers, hat shop and even a horse and carriage. Temporary exhibitions are renowned for their quality.
