York Museums Trust is an independent charity set up in August 2002 which manages York Castle Museum, Yorkshire Museum and Gardens, York Art Gallery and York St Mary's. All the venues were previously managed by City of York Council, which still owns all the buildings and collections and has agreed to long-term funding of the Trust.

Our Mission is to cherish the collections, buildings and gardens entrusted to us, presenting and interpreting them as a stimulus for learning, a provocation to curiosity and a source of inspiration and enjoyment for all.