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Grayson Perry to visit York Museums Trust
Turner Prize-winning potter Grayson Perry will be visiting the Yorkshire Museum in May, after it won a campaign spearheaded by the visitor attraction’s “Curator of Cuddles”, Padmin the Bear.

Raindale Mill
Raindale Mill is a reconstructed early 19th century flour mill which was moved from the North York Moors to the grounds of York Castle Museum in the 1960s. The garden around Raindale Mill has been recently landscaped and now provides a scenic picnic area.

Yorkshire Museum Historical Library
This historic library is a treasure trove of books about the natural world and human history. Established by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society (YPS) in 1823, it houses about 42,000 volumes dating from 16th century to the present day.

A team of volunteers  has been working hard to help reunite and organise the library over the last few years and it is now able to open up for the first time for visitors to see on selected days.

On these days historic library stewards are on hand to talk about the collection. Visitors will be able to take a closer look at volumes on display and browse beautiful illustrations via a touchscreen.



Fascinating Past
The library reveals an amazing part of York's history that many people don't know about today.

Many of its books are connected with the period when it was set up in the early 1800s, when palaeontology and geology were new areas of science that gripped people's imaginations.

The YPS was very well connected in this world – the library contains books personally donated and uniquely annotated by the scientists who discovered dinosaurs, built the Natural History Museum, and established the British Association for the Advancement of Science. The first keeper of the Yorkshire Museum, John Phillips,was a brilliant scientist and nephew to the 'father' of English geology, William Smith.

Alongside books on geology, the collection focuses on the living natural world and human history. Its breathtaking collection of early books dates back to the 1500s. Modern books support research and learning related to our Designated specimen collections.