Hop into the Easter spirit at Ripon Museums this Easter!
With creative, hands-on activities for the whole family, there’s something for everyone to enjoy across our three museums – Workhouse Museum & Garden, Police & Prison Museum and the Courthouse Museum.
🎨 Victorian Easter Cards – Create your own masterpiece using traditional Victorian materials! (Every day during the school holidays)
🍪Easter Baking – Join us for a baking session in our Victorian kitchen and make your own tasty treats! (8th, 10th, 15th & 17th April)
🌿 Make a Scarecrow – Help us protect our Victorian garden by making your very own lollipop scarecrow! (9th April)
👑 Crown Making – Get creative and make a beautiful Easter crown! (16th April)
🌱 Lettuce Planting – Plant your own baby lettuce and take it home! (Dates throughout Easter)
🎭 Cops and Robbers Wooden Peg Puppets – Craft fun characters at the Police and Prison Museum! (Every day during school holidays)
🔎 Easter Code Breakers – Crack the code and solve a mystery at the Courthouse Museum! (Every day during school holidays)
All of these activities are included in the price of your ticket/annual pass. Don’t miss out – check out our ‘What’s On’ section for more fun happenings!
All children must be accompanied by an adult. Activities are suitable for children 4+, but younger ones will need some help.
Uncover hidden histories at Ripon’s trio of award-winning museums – the Workhouse Museum & Garden, the Prison & Police Museum and the Courthouse Museum.
All are within walking distance of each other in Ripon city centre. They are all dedicated to bringing history to life with hands-on interactive experiences for everyone and they offer a fantastic family day out. Each museum offers a glimpse into the past telling important stories of poverty, law and social justice. Visitors can step back in time and explore the lives of the poor and look at life in Victorian Yorkshire.
Ripon Museums host a varied programme of activities and events through the year. Use your annual pass to participate in fun, informative and creative events all year round.
See how people lived, worked and slept in the workhouse – with family trails and drop-in activities, this museum offers a look at life before the welfare system.
Tread the stone stairs worn by the feet of inmates at the Prison & Police Museum. Have a go at the tough punishments they were given as they served time in the cells. Downstairs, learn more about how policing has developed through history, take your own fingerprints and sit on our real police motorbike.
Hear true stories of people and the systems of power that shaped their lives in this historic 1830’s courtroom. Discover more about the real crimes that were tried here and the punishments the people of Ripon received.
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