YAC Pass
What is the YAC Pass?
The YAC Pass is the Young Archaeologists’ Club passport to the past. It is a booklet packed full of offers at sites and organisations across the UK, which are especially designed for YAC UK members.
There are loads of reasons to join YAC UK and the brilliant YAC Pass booklet is just one of them.
This year YAC UK has joined up with 184 independent sites, museums, attractions and gardens so wherever you live across the United Kingdom there will be a site for you to visit or an organisational offer for you to access.
How to use the YAC Pass
The YAC Pass booklet can be used with a valid YAC UK membership card to get you into lots of local sites for a discounted price or in most cases, for free. Find out more about How to use the YAC Pass.
Find a participating YAC Pass site near you on the YAC Pass site map and their current entry offer.
YAC UK members can use their YAC Pass booklet to access:
Free entry at:
- English Heritage sites
- Cadw sites in Wales
- Historic Scotland sites
- Environment and Heritage Service sites in Northern Ireland
Half-price entry at the 13 Manx National Heritage sites on the Isle of Man
Discounts on archaeological experiences/equipment:
- 10% online discount on trowels, hardhats, boots and archaeological tools with Archtools
- 2 for 1 deal on scuba diving lessons with Professional Association of Diving Instructors
- 10% discount on your family holiday with The Adventure Company
- A fantastic 5% discount on Peter Sommer Travels’ archaeological holidays
- Save 15% online when booking a City Sightseeing tour in 85 towns and cities worldwide!
- 15% discount with on clothing, footwear, books, maps and equipment at Cotswold Outdoors
- 10% online discount on clothing and camping equipment at Outdoor World Direct
Offers on organisational memberships/subscriptions:
- Save £9 on a Archaeology Scotland family membership
- Get a 25% discount on a British Archaeology magazine subscription
- Make a 45% saving on an annual Geographical magazine subscription
- 30% discount on an annual National Geographic Kids magazine subscription
Discounts on books/travel guides:
- 10% discount on books with Book House
- 10% online discount on books, clothing and jewellery with The British Museum Press
- 15% discount on MacMillan books and free delivery
New YAC Pass sites
YAC UK Members can visit some amazing independent museums with their YAC Pass, here are some new sites for 2012.
- Cheddleton Flint Mill, Staffordshire
- The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Staffordshire
- Gladstone Pottery Museum, Staffordshire
- Bolton Steam Museum, Bolton
- The Jewry Museum, Leicester
- Withernsea Lighthouse, East Yorkshire
- Hornsea Museum, East Yorkshire
- Merchants Adventurers’ Hall, York
- Enniskillen Castle Museums, County Fermanagh
- Calanais Visitor Centre, Outer Hebrides
For a full list of all the current YAC Pass sites visit the YAC Pass List list or the YAC Pass Map to see where they are located.
Why not join YAC UK today, Individual YAC UK membership is just £15 a year!
You can find out how to renew your YAC UK membership here
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