{"id":176,"date":"2025-01-29T07:30:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T07:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/york.org.au\/?page_id=176"},"modified":"2026-05-25T03:07:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T03:07:59","slug":"museums","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/york.org.au\/index.php\/museums\/","title":{"rendered":"Museums"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>York has a magnificent museum managed by the Shire and staffed by a curator and volunteers.<br>There is a display of items of historical significance from the 1800s to today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There is also the world class motor museum in the main street.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The York Motor Museum<\/strong>  &#8212;   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"145\" height=\"230\" class=\"wp-image-501\" style=\"width: 145px;\" src=\"https:\/\/york.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/motor-museum.avif\" alt=\"Motor Museum\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">116 Avon Terrace, the York Motor Museum is a world class motor vehicle museum. It is housed in a group of shops and commercial premises &#8220;unified by a classical parapet with classical cappings and balusters. &nbsp;The Museum is a celebration of the excitement, the speed and the style of the automobile. It captures the passion of motoring like no other museum in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Open 7 days a week, 9am to 4pm.<br>Phone +61 08 96 411 288<br>Email &#8211; manager@yorkmotormuseum.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The York Residency Museum<\/strong>&nbsp;:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Brook Street, up from the old hospital.<\/strong><br>Phone (08) 9641 0530<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Open Friday 10.00pm &#8211; 3.00pm<br>Saturday, Sunday, Public Holidays 11.00am &#8211; 3.30pm<\/strong><br>Ample car and coach parking!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A visit to the award-winning Residency Museum gives you a fantastic insight into the region&#8217;s history.<\/strong><br>It&#8217;s an ideal way to soak up some of York&#8217;s great atmosphere and find out fascinating stories about local people and places. 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