Advert: What's on in the District

Harrogate Borough Council

 
 

Royal Pump Room Museum, Harrogate

Discover our involvement with a major new BBC project, using museum objects to tell A History of the World.

See featured objects:

 Ancient Egyptian Anubis mask

Czarina's cufflinks

 

Find out about England's premier spa town

See for yourself the spa treatments
Europe's strongest sulphur well at the Royal Pump Room Museum, Harrogate

Visit the strongest sulphur wells in Europe, where over 15,000 people used to come every summer. Don't forget to taste the water for yourself, it's an unforgettable experience!

Vichy Bath, one of the spa treatments used in Harrogate's Royal Baths

Discover Harrogate's connection to Russian royalty and what politicians and famous writers of the 19th and 20th century thought of their visits.Charles Dickens described Harrogate as the queerest place with the strangest people leading the oddest lives!

Take a trip down memory lane Only Human

Toy shop on show at the Royal Pump Room Museum, Harrogate

Stroll past the museum's
displays of old-fashioned
shops, a hotel and Harrogate's famous park, the Stray, to explore life in bygone Harrogate. 

Portrait of Arthur Slingsby, unknown arits

 
See how many people you can spot in this exhibition.  A Tudor gentleman, ancient Greeks and Victorians are just some of the people featured in objects from the collections.

 

Victorian Life Discover Ancient Egypt!
Chimney Sweep
 
Experience how Victorians used to live.

Explore our range of teaching resources and activities for children.
 
Anubis mask
Visit Egyptology: Scientific Investigation to marvel at our Egyptian treasures and discover how science is helping us find out more about them.


 

Find out about events relating to the museum's collections and exhibitions.

NEW FOR 2009: Find out about the museum's first artist in residence

Discover Mr Monkey's visit to the museum.

 

Interested in hiring the museum for an evening event or group visit?  Find out more

Harrogate Borough Council, Council Offices, Crescent Gardens, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 2SG, Tel: (01423) 500600