Aldborough Roman Site

Info Telefon: 01423 322768
Besucher-Email: customers@english-heritage.org.uk
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/yorks...

English Heritage

1 Apr-30 Jun Sat & Sun 11-17 h; 1 Jul-31 Aug Thurs-Mon 10-17 h; 1-3O Sept Sat & Sun 11-17 h

For an interesting day out visit Aldborough Roman site among the northern most urban centres in the Roman Empire. Aldborough was the ‘capital’ of the Romanised Brigantes, the largest tribe in Britain. One corner of these Yorkshire defences is laid out amid a Victorian arboretum, and two mosaic pavements can be viewed in their original positions. The site’s fascinating museum has an outstanding collection of Roman finds.
 

Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life

Fax.: 01751 473653

Info Telefon: 01751 473653
Besucher-Email: info@beckislemuseum.co.uk
http://www.beckislemuseum.co.uk...

end of March-end of Oct:
10.00am-5.00pm
Last entry 4.30pm.

Bedale Museum

Info Telefon: 01677 422037
http://www.hambleton.gov.uk/hambleton/le...

Easter-30 Sept:
Mon, Tues, Wednand Fri from 2 pm- 4 pm
Sat 10 am-12noon

Captain Cook and Staithes Heritage Centre

Info Telefon: 01947 841454
http://www.staithes-town.info/business/h...

Mon-Sun: 10.00-17.30 h
Weekends only in Jan.
Last entry 17.00 h.

Captain Cook Birthplace Museum

Info Telefon: 01642 311211
Besucher-Email: capt.cookmuseum@middlesbrough.gov.uk
http://www.captcook-ne.co.uk...

March-Oct:
Tues-Sun 10.00-17.30 h

Nov-Feb:
Tues-Sun 09.00 -16.00 h.
Last admission 45min before closing.

Closed 24-28 Dec, 1 Jan and 3-7 Jan.

Captain Cook Memorial Museum

Fax.: 01947 601900

Info Telefon: 01947 601900
Besucher-Email: cookmuseum@tiscali.co.uk
http://www.cookmuseumwhitby.co.uk...

2012:
Feb:
Half term weekends: 11th-12th, 18th-19th, 25th-26th
11.00-15.00 h

March:
daily 11.00-15.00 h

April-end October: daily 09.45-17.00 h

Feb 2013:
half-term weekends 11.00-15.00 h
Last entry 30 min before closing.

The Museum is in the 17th century house on Whitby's harbour where the young James Cook lodged as apprentice. It was here Captain Cook trained as a seaman, leading to his epic voyages of discovery.
 

Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum

Info Telefon: 01642 724296
http://www.captaincookschoolroommuseum.c...

1 April-31 Oct.
daily 1.00pm-4.00pm.

July and Aug:
daily 11.00am-4.00pm

Courthouse Museum

Info Telefon: 01765 690799
Besucher-Email: info@riponmuseums.co.uk
http://www.riponmuseums.co.uk/courthouse...

February Half-term Opening Times:
Saturday 11th - Sunday 19th February 10am - 4pm (then closed Monday 20th February - Thursday 29th March)

Full Season Opening Times: Friday 30th March - Sunday 4th November 1pm - 4pm

Extended Opening Times for School Holidays:
Easter Saturday the 31 March - Sunday 15 April 10am - 4pm

Spring Half Term - Saturday 2 June - Sunday 10 June 10am - 4pm

Summer - Saturday 21 July - Sunday 2 September 10am - 4pm

Autumn Half Term - Saturday 27 Oct - Sunday 4 November 10am - 4pm

Our elegant Georgian Courthouse remains virtually unchanged since it was built in 1830. Following closure of the Magistrates Court in 1998 it was opened as a museum a year later. In 2005 its interiors were redecorated in the original colour scheme used when the building opened at Michelmas 1830. The permanent display offers an illustrated history of the use of the Courthouse, suitable for all ages.
The museum is housed in the former Quarter Sessions Courthouse built in 1830 to replace its mediaeval predecessor and the interior of the courtroom has not changed much since then. After Quarter Sessions ceased in 1953 the court continued as a Magistrates Court until it closed in 1998. The building is an important part of the museum.
The Liberty of Ripon was a territory which had, since Saxon times, enjoyed its own independence as a county, although within the West Riding of Yorkshire. In the Middle Ages the Liberty was the feudal possession of the Archbishop of York.
The museum consists of three rooms: the Jury Room, where there are a pair of Halberds displayed on the wall. These were carried during a ceremony to open each Quarter Sessions in a procession of Magistrates with the Gaoler and Master of the House of Correction. Also on display are books containing not only the statutes which the court had to follow, but a host of Justices' Manuals and Guides from the 18th and 19th Centuries. These contained advice for the Justices about criminal matters and also their duties as supervisors of the Poor Law, taxation, public health and all aspects of local government.
In the Justices' Retiring Room there are portraits of many past magistrates including Charles Oxley who served as a Justice from 1811 to 1873. He was the first Chairman of Petty Sessions, supervised the Poor Law as first Chairman of the Poor Law Guardians and was a member of the committee responsible for building the Prison in 1816 together with this building in 1830.
In the Court Room are the seats for the Justices raised in a high position over the rest of the court. In the well sat the Clerk to the Court and any advocates representing the defendants. The three boxes facing the Justices are, left to right, two docks and the witness box. Imagine having to stand so close to an accused person while giving evidence for the prosecution. From these boxes men and women were fined, sentenced to hard labour and transported to Australia. An audio visual presentation (approx. running time 10 mins.) gives examples of actual cases.
Behind the dock are the benches which were occupied by the township or parish officers in attendance - Constables, Surveyors of the Highways and Overseers of the Poor. The strange box in the centre is where defendants in custody awaited their appearance before the bench, having been brought up from a cell below. The roof over this holding box was placed there to protect prisoners from missiles thrown down from the public gallery behind!
Suitably attired model figures enable visitors to see what a typical 19th Century scene would have been like inside the Court Room. Feel what it was like to be sentenced to be transported thousands of miles across the oceans to a strange land where survival was not guaranteed.
 

Craven Museum and Gallery

Info Telefon: 01756706407
Besucher-Email: museum@cravendc.gov.uk
http://www.cravenmuseum.org...

Apri-Sept:
Mon, Wedn, Thurs, Fri and Sat 10.00am-4.00pm

Oct-March:
Mon, Wedn, Thurs and Fri 12.00pm-4.00pm
Sat 10.00am-4.00pm

Closed Tues and Sun.

Dales Countryside Museum

Fax.: 01969 667165

Info Telefon: 01969 666210
Besucher-Email: dcm@yorkshiredales.org.uk
http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk...

daily 10.00-17.00

Closed 24, 25, 26 Dec and Jan.