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Ryedale Folk Museum entrance

Travel back in time

Looking for something different to do? Ryedale Folk Museum in Hutton-le-Hole offers visitors a unique insight into North Yorkshire's social history through the ages.

Hutton-le-Hole sign in Ryedale Folk Museum site

The story of Ryedale and its people over the past few hundred years is told through re-constructions of historic buildings. Shops, traditional cottages, workshops and even an Elizabethan Manor House are spread over the site of the Ryedale Folk Museum in the picturesque village of Hutton-le-Hole.

For more than forty years the museum has been a registered charity, relying on income from visitors, shop sales and grants to offer people a unique insight into the social history of this beautiful part of North Yorkshire.

Harome cottage at Ryedale Folk Museum

The museum has only a small full-time staff and needs volunteers to keep things running smoothly.听Their work includes cataloguing exhibits, helping with exhibitions, events and craft demonstrations and gardening.

Visitors to the museum can explore almost four acres of fascinating buildings, craftsmen's workshops and recreated village shops. It's a chance to step back in time and get a flavour of what life was like in Ryedale.

Open for most of the year, you can also experience the changing seasons in the carefully researched and planted gardens of some of the properties. From the crofter's vegetable patch to the more decorative plantings of a Victorian cottage garden, visitors can get a feel for the horticultural alongside the cultural!

Maypole at Ryedale Folk Museum

Events are organised throughout the year, often marking dates that were an important part of local customs and folklore. For example, May Day is celebrated with traditional Maypole dancing and festivities.

A visit to the Ryedale Folk Museum can be a great family day out, bringing back memories for older people and introducing the younger generation to rural life as it used to be lived in North Yorkshire. It's a real chance to try time travelling - without the aid of a time machine!

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