As well as a six-acre site and over 20 heritage buildings to explore, we have a varied and creative programme of events and activities throughout the year.
We put details of all events on this page and it is added to regularly.
Making a Meal of it
OPEN NOW in High Barn
From the humblest cottage bakers, to the farmers and growers, how our ancestors fed themselves is a story of hard graft. Join us on a tantalising journey through the resilience, innovation and culinary creativity of the people of the past. Behind every bite and morsel, there is a story.
Discover… the story of the Sonley bakers from Kirkbymoorside, baking recipes of Museum founder Hannah Crosland, old beer brewers and bottlers of Ryedale, pig, poultry and beekeeping of the past and ways to cook and eat your Yorkshire Pudding – plus more!
This exhibition is included with admission to the Museum. Open Saturday to Thursday from 10am to 5pm (4pm in March), closed Fridays.
Farm / Mill / Bake by Tessa Bunney
OPEN NOW in the Threshing Barn
Across the country, a growing movement of farmers, millers, and bakers has been reshaping breadmaking for the better, for both people and the planet. Documentary photographer Tessa Bunney travelled across Yorkshire to capture just some of their stories. See a selection of Tessa’s photographs in the Museum’s threshing barn, on display until 30 November.
Please note the threshing barn is within the paid area of the Museum. Open Saturday to Thursday from 10am to 5pm (4pm in Oct and Nov), closed Fridays.
This work has been part-funded by the Farming in Protected Landscapes Fund (administered by the North York Moors National Park Authority) as part of a wider project to raise awareness about grain production and consumption among the farming community as well as the general public.
Pop-Up Ceramics Show
Christmas Shopping Event
Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 November, 10am – 4pm
Why not pop-in to our lovely Museum gift shop over the weekend for some festive shopping?
The Museum will be open for the final days of our season, along with the gift shop, where we’ll be offering a free mulled wine or alcohol-free homemade wassail punch for shoppers – and 10% off purchases of £50 and over.
- Angela Harding and Emily Sutton advent calendars (while stocks last)
- Local liquors including Rarebird Gin, Daisy Distillery gins, Nidhoggr Mead and Eller’s Farm Sloe Gin.
- Toys and stocking fillers
- Books by local authors including Sally Coulthard and Julian Norton
- Gardening gifts
And much more!
Support museum gift shops across the country as part of the Museum Shop Sunday, taking place on Sunday 29 November.
Hutton-to-Do
Available NOW – ask at Reception
There’s a bit of a To Do around Hutton-le-Hole. We’ve created an exciting family-friendly game for you to play around the village.
Pick up your free ‘Bingo’ cards from the Museum, then have fun exploring. Just ask a member of our friendly museum team at reception for ‘Hutton-to-do’.
Can you hug a walnut tree, find a house with a date or say ‘Now then!’ to a shopkeeper?
Who will get the first row? Or all four corners?
Although you can take part around our site if you’d like to, there’s no requirement to visit the Museum as you can complete this free activity around the village too.
(Please note, the Museum is closed on Fridays.)
Apple and Pear Pruning Workshop
- why we prune fruit trees
- when to prune
- how to prune for general maintenance and to encourage fruiting
- how much wood to take off
- managing an overgrown fruit tree
Apple Tree Grafting Workshop
Saturday 28 February 2026, 9.30am – 1.00pm
Apples don’t ‘come true’ from seed or root cuttings. Grafting allows for the propagation of known, desired apple varieties, ensuring the fruit will be the same as the parent tree. The technique involves joining a scion (a cutting from a desired apple variety) to a selected rootstock, determining the height and vigour of the new tree.
In this workshop you will learn how to graft – mastering the technique by watching demonstrations and having a go.
Scions will be taken from a selection of the Museum’s heritage apple trees and joined to rootstock (provided), suitable for producing cordon, espalier, step-over or freestanding apple trees so your new tree will fit into even the smallest garden. Full aftercare instructions will be given.
Please dress in warm clothes and good shoes as some of the workshop will be outside in the Museum’s orchard. Demonstrations and hands-on aspects will be inside. All tools will be provided.
Includes coffee and cake, and one grafted rootstock to take home.
Course participants limited to 10. £30.00pp.
No dogs.
