Royal Pump Room Museum

Very informative albeit a bit on the small side , but you can see that before entering the building because you can walk completely around the outside in a couple of minutes 🤷🏼‍♂️. Was a bit disappointed that you don't actually go down into the basement where the well is. But as I said it is educational and worth the £4.20 entrance fee 👍🏻😁

Great little museum beautiful stuff to look at and staff nice(if one did insult me). Don't drink the water it tastes like it smells. But if you're brave give it a go I did

Walked past with a friend of ours who was telling us of the history of this place and the area as he grew up here with his parents. There used ot be a proper hand pump outside the museum. There's a spot outside with a button which you can press and a spout which still does pump water out with a delayed reaction though. Be careful not to stand too close as the water does come out and it does smell a tad of the sulphur which isn't that pleasant. Didn't go into the museum as we were just wondering around town. Recommend coming to check it out. Don't think it's too expensive to go in. It's right by the variety gardens.

I think it was quite educational about the 'medicinal' benefits of the water used for drinking and bathing in. The videos on loop have you more information about the history and of Slingsby. It made me actually want to live in the past and see what all the fuss was about; I didn't know that doctors actually prescribed water!

This was a lovely museum to visit about Harrogate's spa town history, located appropriately next to the Valley Gardens and concession tickets are available! The museum showcases the cabs used for transportation across different classes and also discusses how the railway developed into Harrogate during the 19th century with the town relying originally on Brunswick station before a central one was built, after turnpike roads had been developed the previous century for easier transport then. Pretty shop window displays are held here to demonstrate the popularity of Harrogate as a shopping location which became all-year round after starting as a seasonal trend; across from these a hotel room that would've been worked in is replicated too! Vintage manufacturing and laundry displays are featured in the musuem; nearby them are unique medical instruments and bottles from when Harrogate was the UK's first town to offer bottled water. The info here about the town's spas dates back to 1571 when the first well was built which seemingly resembled Belgium as it follows along with the different wells and baths, right up until their decline around 1930! Seeing the baths present in this museum is fascinating with detailed info about how they worked, particularly when people were bathed in peat before going into what was known as a combination shower to clean themselves off. Old wells can be viewed still in their places under the building through a glass section of the floor and a counter where water would have been served is maintained inside backed by black-and-white photographs of the servers, artwork represents Harrogate's appeal as a wealthy town! Story of how the railway came to Harrogate's centre after the station opened first at Brunswick in 1848 is shown alongside rail luggage on a carrier; traveling musicians across the street are focused on too!