Very friendly and helpful staff. Amazing presentation and still in very good condition with horrendous stories of life not so long ago. We had to keep reminding ourselves how recently these conditions existed. The museum is larger than our last visit with more areas open which gives an even better impression of how it operated. There is also information on other workhouses in Yorkshire. We had 2 hours in the museum and could have taken more time.

The site does an excellent job of interpreting an often forgotten part of our history. As well as giving insight into the harshness of the system, you also get a glimpse of the far better life led by the master and matron. The garden adds yet another dimension to the experience. The first time we ever saw the garden, it was in a very embryonic stage but we have watched it progress year by year (except during the pandemic) and it is a credit to the site.

I learnt so much of Victorian times in this very well kept museum. The museum is much larger than it appears on the outside, it is extremely well conserved and has a lot of information to learn about Workhouses in Great Britain, their origin, evolution, the Old and New Poor Laws, how they were managed, how people lived there and what happened to (at least this one) after the NHS and other welfare services infrastructure was established in the late 1940s. The museum has several attached buildings and even a garden that was used to both sell produce to ensure income as well as to have items for food preparation in-house.