York Castle Museum

Nothing says 'have a joyous new year' quite like a giant bee chasing two terrified toddlers! 😂🎄 👉Check out our video all about strange historic Christmas cards for more: bit.ly/47bHqKK

We’re taking part in #MuseumShopSunday! 🛍️✨ As a thank you for choosing to shop with us this year we will be offering 10% off in our shop on Sun 26th Nov, just show this tweet & the code MSS23. Browse gift ideas, local products & more! Details & T&Cs: yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/whats-on/event…

📢UPDATE Surveys of the Female Prison identified that mitigating work is needed to ensure all roof supports reflect the most current structural guidance. This side of the museum will therefore remain closed while the work is undertaken. Full statement: yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk/news-media/lat…

📢IMPORTANT NOTICE: We have received confirmation that the north side of York Castle Museum has RAAC in the roofing & must remain closed until we have undertaken the necessary specialist inspections. We will update our website & social media channels once we know more.

Basking in golden sunlight, @YorkCastle looks splendid! 🤩 Uncover hidden secrets at attractions that tell tales of York's intriguing past. visityork.org 📷 wanderingclem

As part of Dementia Awareness Week, our Visitor Experience Team have been attending @DementiaFriends training to learn more about dementia so we can better support our visitors. You can learn more about the training programme here: dementiafriends.org.uk/WEBArticle?pag…

HOW CUTE? 😍 These are court shoes made of embroidered yellow leather, with a pointed toe & Italian heels, 1795. They were also made straight! Although technology existed to make differently shaped left & right shoes, they didn't become popular in England until the C19th.

You can visit these objects on display in our 1950s Room.

Commercial souvenirs and toys were also made, like this coronation coach and horses. They’re made of metal, and were carefully painted to look like the real thing. This was an expensive toy for a very fortunate child!

As we look forward to the coronation of Charles III this weekend, let’s have a quick look back to the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953.

The @YorkCastle never fails to disappoint. First visited 45 years ago. Fantastic. 😀

To commemorate the occasion, on 22 & 23 April we are offering special anniversary talks on the history of the museum and the Victorian Street, Kirkgate, as well as the infamous prison cells. There’s also the opportunity for families to get creative and design a birthday postcard!

🥳This weekend we're celebrating our 85th birthday! In 1938, we welcomed around 13,000 visitors in the first two months of opening! On the opening day, Dr Kirk the creator of the museum refused to sit with the VIPs, but instead "mingled incognito with the crowd in the street.”

Earlier in York @YorkMuseumTrust @YorkCastle our @Playbox01 in the sunshine with Roberta (pic taken by @YMT_Richard)

It wasn’t until the 1950s, and inspired by the design of a lightbulb carton, that the cardboard cartons that we associate with Easter Eggs today were first produced replacing boxes like these.

Whilst appearing luxurious and decadent, the eggstravagant looking boxes that early Easter eggs came in served a dual purpose of making the eggs look nice and offering protection. Easter eggs were eggspensive to make & buy so you’d be a bit upset if it was smashed into pieces!

Ready for an eggcellent object?🐣 This Terry’s Easter Egg was purchased in 1938! Germany & France had been making Chocolate eggs for years before, but they were solid and quite bitter. It was Fry’s and then Cadbury’s that developed the modern Easter Egg that we know today! 🧵👇