List of museums in the East Riding of Yorkshire

This list of museums in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Museums

Name Image Town/City Region Type Summary
Arctic CorsairHullEast RidingMaritimeDeep sea trawler museum ship
Bayle MuseumBridlingtonEast RidingLocalwebsite, local history, located in the former gatehouse to the Bridlington Priory
Beverley GuildhallBeverleyEast RidingHistorywebsite, historic guildhall with medieval to 18th century rooms, furnishings, display of ceremonial silver and pewter, local history exhibits
Bondville Model VillageSewerbyEast RidingHistoryinformation, over 200 miniature buildings on a 1-acre site
Breighton AerodromeBreightonEast RidingAviationwebsite, classic aircraft collection of the Real Aeroplane Company and the Real Aeroplane Club, open for members, located at RAF Breighton
Bridlington Harbour Heritage MuseumBridlingtonEast RidingMaritimeinformation, 1912 traditional sailing coble, local maritime artifacts
Burton Agnes HallBurton AgnesEast RidingHistoric houseElizabethan manor house with French impressionist paintings, contemporary furniture, tapestries and other modern artwork, gardens, also Norman Manor House operated by English Heritage
Burton Constable HallSkirlaughEast RidingHistoric houseElizabethan country house with 18th- and 19th-century interiors, fine furniture, paintings and sculpture, and an 18th-century ‘cabinet of curiosities' which contains fossils, natural history specimens and scientific instruments
DinostarHullEast RidingNatural historywebsite, dinosaur recreations, fossils
Ferens Art GalleryHullEast RidingArtMunicipal art gallery
Flamborough Head LighthouseFlamboroughEast RidingMaritimeLighthouse museum
Fort PaullPaullEast RidingMilitaryMid 19th century gun battery
Goole MuseumGooleEast RidingMultiplewebsite, local history, art, located on the first floor of the Goole Library
Hands on History MuseumHullEast RidingLocalwebsite, local history, Egyptian gallery, located in the former Hull Grammar School
Hedon MuseumHedonEast RidingLocalwebsite, local history, household items, community art gallery
Holderness museumsHoldernessEast RidingLocallocal oral history
Hornsea MuseumHornseaEast RidingMultiplePeriod rooms of a farmhouse, Hornsea Pottery, photographs, tools, household and agricultural devices, Victorian street scene of shops, schoolrooms, local industry and history
Hull and East Riding MuseumHullEast RidingArchaeologywebsite, artifacts and recreations of Iron Age, Roman and Viking life
Hull Maritime MuseumHullEast RidingMaritimeArctic whaling, maritime trade, fishing industry
Humber Car Museum (Allan Marshall)HullEast RidingAutomobileCollection of Humber cars, closing 2018[1]
RAF HolmptonHolmptonEast RidingMilitaryCold War-era underground nuclear bunker and radar operations centre
Sewerby HallSewerbyEast RidingMultipleEarly 18th-century house with period rooms, local history and art exhibits, gardens
Skidby WindmillSkidbyEast RidingMultiple19th century windmill, houses the Museum of East Riding Rural Life with displays of agriculture, trades and rural household artifacts
Sledmere HouseSledmereEast RidingHistoric houseGeorgian country house with Chippendale, Sheraton and French furnishings, fine pictures, military museum about the First World War wagon reserves, gardens, set within a park designed by Capability Brown
Southburn Archaeological MuseumSouthburnEast RidingArchaeologywebsite, Roman British artifacts
Spurn LightshipHullEast RidingMaritimeLightvessel museum ship
Stewart's Burnby Hall Gardens and MuseumPocklingtonEast RidingMultipleIncludes the United Kingdom's national collection of hardy water lilies, collection of hunting trophies and travel memorabilia
Streetlife Museum of TransportHullEast RidingTransportAntique cars, horse-drawn carriages and objects relating to local public transport
Treasure HouseBeverleyEast RidingMultipleIncludes the Beverley Art Gallery, local history displays, library and archive
Wilberforce HouseHullEast RidingHistoric houseHome and life of abolitionist William Wilberforce
Withernsea Lighthouse MuseumWithernseaEast RidingLocalFormer lighthouse with local history exhibits

Defunct museums

See also
  • Tourist attractions in the East Riding of Yorkshire

References
  1. Grove, Alex (2018-03-23). "Legendary Humber Cars is closing down". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
  2. "Beside the Seaside, The Bridlington Experience". About Bridlington. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  3. http://www.oldpennymemories.co.uk/ Closed, may reopen in 2011
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