Dales Countryside Museum

Wonderful collection of modern stories and history plenty to learn . So much for the children to do. What a bargain 👌

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Really good example of a local museum. A lot of interactive tasks for kids.

Fantastic museum, but that's not all. Friendly and helpful staff, great exhibits, a superb cafe, decent sized car park, old steam train (it doesn't go anywhere I'm afraid), great cakes and some of the best breakfast rolls (served all day) we've ever had.

Superb museum. Friendly reception and plenty of information. Parking directly outside, no height barrier (£3.50 for 2 hours). Brilliant railway carriage with exhibits all the way through, mainly about this locality, but with lots of interesting anecdotes. Inside the main building is a small mine shaft to walk through, information and speaking earphones, an abundance of old craft tools and machines. Tinsmith, cheesemakers, weavers and knitters to name only a few. There's a exhibition upstairs about keeping heaths, farmlands etc safe - with some colouring activities for children. Toilets, tourist information, gift shop and walk through to a seperate cafe all inside. Well presented and really interesting. Around £5 each (a £1 off if parked in the carpark alongside the museum).

A great day out. Brilliant Curlew exhibition at the time of visiting. Fantastic.

Great value, loads to see and do and handily placed to explore Hawes. Nice cafe too.

Great little museum with a good range of exhibits collected around the Dales, about rural life in the Dales.
The collection includes a tin smiths workshop, a clog maker, cheese and dairy, as well as a small mining exhibit. Out in the railway carriage is more small exhibits on schools, and community life.
Good for an hour on a wet day in Hawes.
You get part of your carparking refunded for your entry fee.
Small café on site.