News
To co-incide with the D-Day celebrations, the village's response to the outbreak of War can be found here. The Parish [...]
The Museum will open on Saturday, 29 November and Saturday, 6 December 2025
The Museum will be open on Saturday, 29 November and Saturday, 6 December 2025 from 10.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m. [...]
Grassington 1940s Weekend – 20-21 September 2025
The Museum will be open during the forthcoming Grassington 1940s Weekend to be held on 20 & 21 September 2025. [...]
Over 21,000 visitors in 2023!
The Museum welcomed over 21,000 visitors in 2023 from the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, China, Eswatini [...]
Museum News
Upper Wharfedale Museum celebrated a record number of visitors in 2022, reaching 20,000 for the first time in its history [...]
A record 20,000 visitors to the Grassington Folk Museum in 2022
In 2022 the Museum welcomed a record 20,000 visitors, well above the previous record of 7,000 visitors in a year.
The Museum gets a mention in the Yorkshire Post Weekend Magazine
The Yorkshire Post Weekend Magazine of 7 May 2022 listed five Folk Museums in Yorkshire, including Grassington at number 2, [...]
A new screen showing a continuous roll of 3 separate videos of the Upper Wharfedale area
Three separate videos showing the footage of the history of the Upper Wharfedale Museum from its early days in the [...]
Two new display cabinets & various updating works
New for 2022 are two major display cabinets built by Jonas Hartley of James Wilding Joinery. The one in the [...]
All Creatures Great and Small
The Museum will have a starring role in the forthcoming series of All Creatures Great and Small. Filming took place [...]