 The Royal Pump Room from the north-west | |
.svg)  Location of the Pump Room in North Yorkshire | |
| Established | 1953 |
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| Location | Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England |
| Coordinates | 53°59′37″N 1°32′48″W / 53.9935°N 1.5467°W |
| Type | Local museum |
| Key holdings | Anubis mask, artefacts and gifts from Russian Royalty. The Holland-Child Collection of predominantly Leeds made Creamware ceramics. Artefacts from Roman, Etruscan, Ancient Greek, Babylonian and South American cultures |
| Collections | Archaeology Social history |
| Collection size | 20,000 items |
| Owner | North Yorkshire Council |
| Website | Museum website |
The Royal Pump Room is a Grade II* listed building in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. Today it houses the town's museum – operated by North Yorkshire Council. It was formerly a spa water pump house. It is located in Crown Place in the western part of Harrogate town centre, opposite the town's Valley Gardens park. It is bounded by two streets, Crescent Road and Royal Parade. Today, the Pump Room consists of both the original 1842 stone rotunda and a glazed annexe which was opened in 1913.[1] The Pump Room offered guests of the town an all weather facility where they could drink sulphur water which was pumped on site from a natural spring known as the Old Sulphur Well. The building also had a social element to it as it provided guests with a place to meet friends and get to know others.