Bedale's Fire Engine of 1748 is the centre of a collection of local artifacts concerned with agriculture, bonnet making, shoemaking, butter and cheese production, carpentry and other trades. Household appliances include irons, vacuum clenaers, washing and baking equipment. Phonographs, radios, toys, games and musicla intruments display pre-TV leisure pursuits. The museum in a room in the Georgian wing of bedale Hall, also holds an extensive archive of local, family and area history.