York Museum - The Drunk Automaton
York Castle Museum was founded by Dr John Kirk, a doctor from Pickering, North Yorkshire, and houses his extraordinary collection of social history, reflecting everyday life in the county.
One of its renowned displays is the reconstructed street, Kirkgate, that has been hugely influential in museum displays worldwide. The York Castle Museum is housed in a former debtors’ prison and an adjoining former women’s prison, both of which are Grade I listed. The museum’s name comes from the fact it stands on the site of the former York Castle. www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/about-us/our-venues/york-cast...
Originally built in 1938, Kirkgate is a recreated Victorian street which has become the most iconic part of York Castle Museum and its schoolroom, police cell, Hansom cab and cobbled street surface all remain.
New research means that every single shop on the street is now based on a real York business, all of which operated here between 1870 and 1901. www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk/exhibition/kirkgate-the-victo...
York Museum - The Drunk Automaton
York Castle Museum was founded by Dr John Kirk, a doctor from Pickering, North Yorkshire, and houses his extraordinary collection of social history, reflecting everyday life in the county.
One of its renowned displays is the reconstructed street, Kirkgate, that has been hugely influential in museum displays worldwide. The York Castle Museum is housed in a former debtors’ prison and an adjoining former women’s prison, both of which are Grade I listed. The museum’s name comes from the fact it stands on the site of the former York Castle. www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/about-us/our-venues/york-cast...
Originally built in 1938, Kirkgate is a recreated Victorian street which has become the most iconic part of York Castle Museum and its schoolroom, police cell, Hansom cab and cobbled street surface all remain.
New research means that every single shop on the street is now based on a real York business, all of which operated here between 1870 and 1901. www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk/exhibition/kirkgate-the-victo...