The Mouseman Visitor Centre
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Overview
Even without the mouse motif, you can recognise Robert Thompson’s work by the heavy designs, the dark tones of the oak wood and the rippled effect left by the adze – a heavy hand tool with an arched cutting blade set at a right-angle to the handle. This is furniture made to last not just a lifetime, but many lifetimes. As the business quickly expanded, Thompson’s half-timbered house in Kilburn became a showroom. Behind the building are more recent workshops, in which a new generation of woodworkers follows in his footsteps. You’ll see stacks of neatly piled oak planks outside the workshop, being seasoned before they are used. The outbuildings now house an interesting small museum and exhibition centre. If you can’t afford one of the substantial pieces of furniture, look for smaller wooden items for sale in the gift shop, all featuring the famous carved mouse. You can also get a good cup of tea in ‘T’ Café – served on oak tables, of course.
Features
- Opening Times
- Opening Times: Open Easter–Oct, daily 10–5; Nov–Dec, Wed–Sun 11–4
- Facilities
- Parking onsite
- Parking nearby
- Cafe
About the area
North Yorkshire, with its two National Parks and two designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is England’s largest county and one of the most rural. This is prime walking country, from the heather-clad heights of the North York Moors to the limestone country that is so typical of the Yorkshire Dales – a place of contrasts and discoveries, of history and legend.
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