Museum Gardens

The beginnings of Museum Gardens in York date back to 1828, when the local Philosophical Society received land after the former Abbey of St. Mary, for the construction of the Yorkshire Museum, provided that she creates a park and gardens around. Currently, in addition to the museum, within the 4-hectare park there are picturesque ruins of the abbey, the hospital of St. Leonardo and towers from Roman times and an astronomical observatory. The biggest attraction of the Museum Gardens are the gardens.

About 4,500 trees and shrubs grow in the museum gardens, and the semi-domesticated gray squirrel is the most frequently represented representative of the fauna. Originally a menagerie, i.e. a small zoo, operated here. He was abandoned after an accident with a bear that got out of the cage and terrorized the staff for one day. Gardens are also used to organize special events, such as concerts, theater performances. Museum Gardens is one of 12 so-called Great Britain Saluting Station, or places of salvation on the occasion of public holidays and important anniversaries of the Royal Family.

The Yorkshire Museum located in the gardens was one of the first buildings in the world intended for museum purposes from the beginning. The facility currently has over one million exhibits in various fields - from prehistoric times to the 20th century.