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York Museums Trust handed triple award

York Museums Trust handed triple award

Dated: 10/01/2012

Three sites awarded Sandford Award for Education  Read more

First Iron Age gold jewellery ever found in the north of England

First Iron Age gold jewellery ever found in the north of England

Dated: 21/11/2011

Yorkshire Museum appeal to keep stunning 2,000 year old torcs discovered near Tadcaster - Donate here! Read more

Objects for a Landscape

Objects for a Landscape

11 February - 10 June, 2012

Major new exhibition of Gordon Baldwin's sculptural ceramics at York Art Gallery - watch him at work in our new film Read more

York Mystery Plays

York Mystery Plays

2 - 27 August, 2012

Find out more about this spectacular production to be staged in York Museum Gardens Read more

What our Visitors Think

'It was really excellent because it made you feel like you were in Victorian times, real life!'

'I found out wonderful things at the Castle Museum, I enjoyed every second.'

Visitors to York Castle Museum

'A wonderful place for children to come to express themselves. My grand-daughters when visiting York love to come here. Well done!'

Visitor to York Art Gallery

'We came for the Vikings but found the whole Museum excellent.'

Visitor to the Yorkshire Museum

"Inspirational and a wonderful metaphor with spiritual significance"

"The candles look gorgeous and float across the water when the wind blows. Lovely!"

Visitors to The Memory of Place at York St Mary's