Royal Pump Room Museum

Crown Place, Harrogate, HG1 2RY
Tel: 01423 556188

In its heyday Royal Pump Room was the place at the centre of 'taking the cure'. Today a museum, it recalls the elegance of a bygone era and tells the story of Harrogate's fame as England's only truly European spa. Some of the famous Spa treatments are on show.

Knaresborough Castle and Courthouse Museum

Castle Yard, Knaresborough, HG5 2AS
Tel: 01423 556188

Once a stronghold of Medieval Kings, the Castle, now in ruins, still towers above the River Nidd. The Castle's oldest surviving building houses the Courthouse Museum with many displays of town's history. 80-foot long tunnel, the sallyport, and the dungeon are other points to visit.

Nidderdale Museum

King Street, Pateley Bridge
Tel: 01423 711225
Web: www.nidderdalemuseum.com

A fascinating collection of exhibits displayed in the original Victorian workhouse, illustrating the life and history of Dalesfolk. Displays include Cobbler's Shop, General Store, Victorian Parlour and others on agriculture, transport and industries.

Thorpe Prebend House Heritage Centre

High Saint Agnesgate, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 1EJ

Enjoy this beautifully restored 16th century house and Jacobean garden. At the touch of a button discover the history of Ripon and its famous people. Admission charge.

Mercer Art Gallery

Swan Road, Harrogate, HG1 2SA
Tel: 01423 556188    Fax: 01423 556130
E-mail: lg23@harrogate.gov.uk
Web: www.harrogate.gov.uk/museums

One of Harrogate's earliest spa buildings built as a promenade room in 1804, now converted to an art gallery. Exhibitions feature the Harrogate permanent collections plus a programme of temporary exhibitions.

Ripon Law & Order Museums

Courthouse, Minster Road, Ripon
Tel: 01765 690799
E-mail: www.riponmuseums.co.uk

Courthouse
The former Ripon Liberty Courthouse stands on the site of its mediaeval predecessor and remains little altered since it opened in 1830. Stand in the dock where people were sentenced to be transported to Australia. Watch the audio-visual presentation of cases heard in 1830. The Courthouse featured as Ashfordly Magistrates Court in the popular television series 'Heartbeat'. Admission charge.
 

Prison & Police Museum, St Marygate, Ripon

The buildings served Ripon as the House Of Correction for vagrants (1686-1816), the Liberty Prison (1816-1878) and as the Police Station (1887-1956). The history of policing is traced through the displays and artefacts from the Trust's extensive collection of police memorabilia. Admission charge.

Workhouse Museum, Allhallowgate, Ripon
The buildings are of the 1854 Ripon Union Workhouse. In 1996 Museum was opened in the cell block which had housed male vagrants, care has been taken to recreate its grim atmosphere, from sitting down to a bowl of gruel in the morning to being locked into a cell at nightfall. Admission charge.

Yorko Gallery

4 Westmoreland Street, Harrogate, HG1 5AT
Tel: 01423 530330
E-mail: info@yorkogallery.com
Web: www.yorkogallery.com

Yorko Gallery offers a regularly changing selection of original contemporary art from Britain and abroad as well as a range of visual arts workshops and courses.

the gallery - Hornseys

3 Kirkgate, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 1PA
Tel: 01765 602878
E-mail: thegallery@hornseys.com
Web: www.hornseys.com

The gallery is a Yorkshire based art gallery, located in Ripon, specialising in high quality Fine Art from the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries. Artworks include lithographs, engravings, etchings, pochoirs, photography, prints, ceramics and sculptures. The wide ranging stock we keep also covers sporting art, architectural and decorative art engravings, chromolithographs, botanical prints, and topographical and travel related works. Be sure to ask about anything that is of interest to you as we are adding to our collection all the time. We will be running regular exhibitions in our newly refurbished gallery space, featuring work from William Nicholson, Joan Mirò, Pablo Picasso, David Hockney, Man Ray and Clare Leighton, plus many more. Further information of which can be found on the 'Upcoming Events' section. Enquiries about all artworks featured throughout the site can be made online and we also offer a worldwide delivery service.