The Yorkshire Museum of Farming was opened in 1982 with a range of exhibits from Burton Constable which had been accumulated by the East Yorkshire Farm Machinery Preservation Society. Today, visitors are able to view how agriculture in Yorkshire has been transformed over the centuries from its labour intensive beginnings to the increased use of machinery. The museum also has buildings dedicated to livestock and the four seasons of the farming year. There are also buildings dedicated to the Tudor and Viking ages and how they farmed the land centuries ago.