The Bar Convent
Museums & Science Centres · York, North Yorkshire
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Closed — opens tomorrow at 10am
🏠 Indoor☔ Rainy-day friendlyEducationalSchool holiday activities
What’s there
- Café on site
No car park on site. The venue's own getting-here page names two nearby public car parks, Nunnery Lane and Blossom Street.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
The Bar Convent is a Grade I listed Georgian house that was founded in 1686 as a secret school for girls and is still home to a community of Sisters today. Families can explore the state-of-the-art exhibition spread over several floors, which tells the story of the house through artefacts, interactive displays and the people who lived and worked there. The 18th-century chapel, built to be hidden from the street, is a favourite stop, and the Georgian parlour holds portraits of the early sisters. Family activities run during school holidays, and the building also has a café and garden where children can take a break. The site is a short walk from York railway station, so it works well as a rainy-day stop or a quieter alternative to the city's busier attractions.
Family activities run during school holidays, and the exhibition changes its temporary displays, so check what is on before a visit.
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.
Snack pot
Lunch boxes
Toilet rollAssume the worst about the facilities and you'll never be wrong.
Refillable coffee cupA lot of cafés knock money off.- Audiobook or story CD
Plasters
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Photos: 維基小霸王, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Renée Kools, CC BY 4.0 · Nema Evin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Rolf Dietrich Brecher, CC BY-SA 2.0
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