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Yorkshire Waterways Museum
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum
Dutch River Side
Goole
DN14 5TB
Opening Times:
9.00 - 4.00pm Monday to Friday all year (Closed for Christmas) From Easter
until the end of September the Museum also opens on Sundays 11.00am - 4.00pm with Goole Docks History Tours running every hour
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Description:
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum offers an extensive collection which tells the story of the Port of Goole, the transportation of coal, the lives of barge families, and the boat building tradition of our ancestors.
Contact Details:
Telephone 01405 768730
Fax 01405 769868 Clare Hunt or Rachel Walker clare@waterwaysmuseum.org.uk
rachel@waterwaysmuseum.org.uk
Learning Programmes:
Outreach services are available and resources include Victorian style bargee dressing up costumes and a modular boat hoist demonstrating hydraulic power. Please ask if you would like these for use in school or as an activity on your visit.
Specialisms:
Waterways
The Aire and Calder Navigation
Goole Docks
