Despite mixed winter weather, our recent visit to the museum for Christmas Past was a joy. The bell ringers, Morris & Victorian dancers, and craft classes were involving and entertaining. The sausage rolls, meat and veggie, slow cooked in a farm oven were lovely. The general feeling of welcome from the staff was exceeded only by their care when our Grand Daughter, who is a toddler, fell quite badly. All was well but we were made to feel well looked after. We will be renewing our Annual pass in April when it is due. This museum may run by volunteers, but their standards are exceptional. The toilets stand head and shoulders above those provided by local authorities. We would love a permanent onside cafe in the future similar to the NAFFI cafe.

We had a wonderful day out here today (2 adults, 3 x 3 Yr olds and a 5 year old). It's such a lovely museum with lots of buildings to explore, so good even on a rainy day. It's nicely spread out too so lots of space for running around too. There's lots of lovely things for kids to do, including ride on tractors, a play area in an old caravan, an old classroom to play in, a dressing up room, outdoor lawn games and another inside space with toys and games. The staff are lovely, and there was a great Easter trail and activity sheet today. Although there's no cafe there are plenty of spaces for a picnic and a few cafes next door too. Great value too as you pay once and can go back all year for free. Highly recommend for anyone, especially families.

Visited the museum reluctantly on a rainy Easter day as family of 4 & pooch. Kids are v late teens so thought they would be bored. Pleasantly surprised at how good this place is. All kinds of really interesting things to see dating way way back (apologies for my ignorance as can't remember specific dates). It reminded me of beamish but with exhibits which were alot older. Weather was awful the day we visited but could imagine on a warmer day that this place would be even better & from photos etc it would appear there is something going on for all ages. If you're interested in history, it's definitely worth a visit. Museum gift shop also has excellent quality gifts, not the usual tat you sometimes see in other attractions.

A true hidden gem! I took a coach group here and wow, fantastic, like a tardis full of fantastic reminders of times gone by. My group loved it would definitely recommend.

This is a lovely museum but could be so much better. For the price I think a guide should be included, not all properties had information about the era. It would be great to have guides in person dotted throughout. We enjoyed walking around and looking but we had finished in about an hour. Very friendly greeting in the gift shop. So close to being so much more.

What an absolutely fantastic little gem in the middle of nowhere. Wonderful exhibits and lovely friendly ladies at the entrance/gift shop. Interesting properties which you don't see everywhere. Would have been nice to have characters around the site telling stories but plenty of information boards. Was fun to feed the chickens but no pig food available. My 10 and 8 year old girls were really impressed with the wedding dress exhibition. Excellent accessibility as we had a wheelchair user in our party. Lots of nice clean toilets. Plenty of picnic tables. Just a shame they don't have their own cafe as told discount available at the cafe next door but very obnoxious girl told us as 2:30pm in school holidays they were 'full' (2 tables free inside and 2 outside) so could not accommodate us for drinks as needed to catch up with orders. Decided they would not be getting our money after that attitude so drove over to Rosedale Abbey instead. As entry gives you year long access would love to visit again but as we live in Staffordshire it is unlikely. Would definitely go back

Being fans of history, it is always enjoyable to visit attractions such as this as they really attempt to bring history to life with their exhibits etc. We were impressed with the Iron Age round house and being an ex-teacher I enjoyed visiting the Victorian school room. It was nice to feed the pigs, they seemed to appreciate the offerings. It was a good idea to have the food bags for sale and a bargain at 50p per bag. A word of warning though, there is no tearoom or refreshments available inside the museum but plenty of lovely places very close by

A great place to visit. We spent a good 2/3 hours here and would have been longer but we were hungry. 1 tip you dont really need the guide book, more useful for children to use. The wedding exhibition was lovely. Some beautiful dresses.

Located in the itself picturesque village of Hutton-le-Hole visit is a must. Ticket is valid for a whole year! Had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Lovely little museum shop as well and very friendly staff.

Excellent outdoor museum depicting way of life in the region in bygone years. Lots of resituated buildings, houses and cottages, Set in a beautiful landscape. Perfect for picnics - no cafe on site but 2 or 3 excellent cafe/tea rooms and a decent looking pub within a few yards of the museum entrance. There are also a number of farm animals (pigs, sheep, goats chickens etc, some early outdoor games to play as well as quite a lot of interactive displays. Staff are very friendly, there is a nice gift shop with a gallery attached where local art is exhibited. I would suggest 2-3 hours for a visit. There is a pay and display village car park round the corner from the entrance. Highly recommended.