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Welcome to the Grassington Folk Museum in Upper Wharfedale

We have reminders of yesteryear... exhibits of lead mining, minerals, craft tools, lathes, Dales farming, period costumes, domestic accoutrements, World War II memorabilia, folk lore and the days of the Yorkshire Dales Railway recalled.

Grassington Folk Museum is entirely run by volunteers with professional support from the Craven Museum & Gallery.

The museum is currently closed and will re-open on Saturday March 31st 2012 (and close again on Sunday October 28th 2012).

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The 100,000 ticket sold for entry
The 100,000 ticket sold for entry See a bigger picture of the the 100,000 ticket sold for entry
The 100,000 ticket sold for entry commemorative plate
Commemorative plate See a bigger picture of the the 100,000 ticket sold for entry commemorative plate

At 11.45am on December 10th 2011 the 100,000th ticket was sold for entry to Upper Wharfedale Folk Museum during the Grassington Dickensian Festival. The ticket was sold to Mr John Vernon and his wife Jenny who were visiting from Chester. They were given a commemorative plate, made for the museum by local craftsman David Ashby, of the Courtyard Pottery in Grassington and presented by David Pritchard, Chairperson of the Museum Committee, and Elaine Clare, a trustee of the museum. The Huddersfield Town Crier, Vic Watson, added colour and volume to the occasion by announcing the event to the assembled throng.

The Museum depends on the support of the public who pay a small entrance fee to look around the local collection of memorabilia, including lead mining, agriculture, all housed in the cottage in the square. So thanks are expressed to all the visitors to the museum since the opening in this venue in 1979 – and to the army of volunteers who have kept it going during that time.