Ryedale Folk Museum
This excellent open-air folk museum explores the rural way of life from the Iron Age to the 20th century through more than 20 historic buildings (some restored, some reconstructed) including a medieval crofter's cottage, a 16th-century glass kiln, a full-scale reconstructed Iron Age Roundhouse, an Edwardian daylight photography studio (the oldest in the country), and workshops for traditional trades like blacksmiths, cobblers, wheelwrights, and saddlers. Kids can try out activities like calligraphy and pottery, practice driving a child-size tractor, and feed the sheep and rare breed pigs in the farm area. All entry is weather-permitting.
