OUR ADDRESS

The Old Workhouse
King Street
Pateley Bridge
HG3 5LE

OPENING HOURS

Open weekends 1.30-4.30pm
until 24th March
Then open Tuesday - Sunday from 26th March, including Easter Weekend and Easter Monday. From April open Tuesday-Sunday

CALL US

01423 711225

Our Exhibits

On display in Nidderdale Museum

Nidderdale Museum has a large collection of items, illustrating all aspects of Dale’s life in the past. Our exhibits reflect the life of of ordinary people in imaginative and realistic settings.

We have sections devoted to agriculture, industries, religion, transport and costume, set out across 11 rooms.

Our Current Exhibits

COURT HOUSE

Take the stand in our magistrates court and see how justice was served in times past. A nervous looking defendant awaits your verdict!

TRANSPORT IN THE DALES

We have a Penny Farthing bicycle, original railway and road signs, as well as information about the local railway.

COBBLER'S SHOP

A faithful recreation of a complete cobbler’s shop, full of shoe-making equipment and leather work.

VICTORIAN PARLOUR

This room-set has everything you would expect to find in a Victorian parlour, complete with afternoon tea!

SCHOOL ROOM

Always popular with children, our schoolroom exhibit is a taste of Victorian education, with slate boards (and dunce cap!).

MINING

Take a walk through into the dark of our lead mine tunnel. You might spot a miner in the gloom!

GENERAL STORE

Our shopkeeper has all manner of vintage goods for sale in our general store. You’re sure to recognise some familiar brands!

WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II

Air raid siren sound effects fill the air of the war room, with uniforms, wartime posters and gas masks on display.

Also on display

Agriculture and forestry

Vintage pub snug

Solicitor’s office

Victorian parlour

Saw pit

19th & 20th Century costumes

Chemists shop

Joiner’s shop

Dairy

Geology display