Tag: York Castle Museum

I have always relished stepping onto Kirkgate, the replica, indoor Victorian street at York Castle Museum. When I first visited six years ago, the street had recently undergone its first major redevelopment project. Last year, it received a further £300,000 reworking, focussing on creating more authentic shop spaces, a new slum area, and incorporating more of the city’s chocolate heritage. Fig. 1. The grocer’s shop at the updated Kirkgate street, York Museums Trust. The street was originally created by and

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