Royal Pump Room Museum

Royal Pump Rooms Art Gallery & Museum
Crown Place
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG1 2RY
England

Website

www.harrogate.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

museums@harrogate.gov.uk

Telephone

01423 556188

Fax

01423 556130

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Royal Pump Room Museum, Harrogate
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Visit the strongest sulphur well in Europe to discover the intriguing story of how Harrogate became a spa town. Discover stories of Russian royalty, disappearing crime writers and watery miracles. Marvel at the amazing spa treatments and finish with a taste of the infamous water.
Discover our fantastic Egyptian collections and the scientific testing going on to find out more.
Temporary exhibitions on display.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

Mon-Sat 1030-1700
Sun 1400-1700

Closes 1600 November-March.

 Admission charges

£3.6 adults, £2.10 children, £2.55 concession, £9.50 family ticket (2+3)

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Braille information and/or interpretation
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Induction loops in exhibition spaces
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events

Royal Pump Rooms Art Gallery & Museum
Crown Place
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG1 2RY
England

Website

www.harrogate.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

museums@harrogate.gov.uk

Telephone

01423 556188

Fax

01423 556130

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Collection details

Archaeology, Archives, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Land Transport, Natural Sciences, Social History

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Specialist publications on collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Royal Pump Rooms Art Gallery & Museum
Crown Place
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG1 2RY
England

Website

www.harrogate.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

museums@harrogate.gov.uk

Telephone

01423 556188

Fax

01423 556130

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

Harrogate for Health and Happiness: A Spa Town in the 20th Century

21 January — 31 December 2012 *on now

This exhibition explores Harrogate’s twentieth century history through historical objects, fashion, film and photographs.

Find out about the spa treatments, the visitors, Harrogate during the world wars and how the town became a conference venue as the spa visitors declined.
the development of Harrogate and the lives of the people, who lived, worked and visited here.

Suitable for

  • Family friendly
  • Any age

Admission

Free with admission charge: Admission charge

Adult £3.60
Child £2.10
Concessions £2.55
Family £9.50 (2 adults + 3 children)
Group rates on application

Royal Pump Rooms Art Gallery & Museum
Crown Place
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG1 2RY
England

Website

www.harrogate.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

museums@harrogate.gov.uk

Telephone

01423 556188

Fax

01423 556130

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Digital and online resources

A Step by Step guide to Egyptian Mummification

http://www.mylearning.org/overview.asp?journeyid=342

A brief guide to why and how ancient Egyptians preserved their bodies for eternity, with a simple quiz to test what students have learnt.

Publisher

  • This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.

Royal Pump Rooms Art Gallery & Museum
Crown Place
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG1 2RY
England

Website

www.harrogate.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

museums@harrogate.gov.uk

Telephone

01423 556188

Fax

01423 556130

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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