
Yorkshire Museum
Museums & Science Centres · York, North Yorkshire
Open now — closes 5pm
What’s there
- Baby changing
- Buggy friendly
- Picnic area
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
- SEN friendly
No on-site parking. Nearest: Marygate car park, Frederick Street, York YO30 7DT (350 spaces, 5-min walk). Blue Badge holders: free parking immediately outside the car park. Car drop-off at the front by prior arrangement.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
The Yorkshire Museum in York's Museum Gardens houses nationally important collections of Roman, Viking and natural history. Families can explore the galleries, the Roman remains and the surrounding gardens.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Hair bobbles
- Audiobook or story CD
- Portable phone charger
- Spare socksThe single most reliably useful thing on this list.
- Painkillers for grown-ups
- Rucksack
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