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Exhibitions
Victorian Life
Royal Pump Room Museum artist in residence
A History of the World

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

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!

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

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. 

 
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!
 
Experience how Victorians used to live.

Explore our range of teaching resources and activities for children.
 
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



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