York Castle Museum

Schools

Welcome to Learning at York Museums Trust

York Museums Trust's award-winning museums and art gallery offer inspiring, interactive and fun learning opportunities that directly support the needs of the National Curriculum.

Washing the Victorian way in our Spotless! workshop at York Castle Museum

We welcome school groups to York Art Gallery, York Castle Museum and the Yorkshire Museum & Gardens and offer help and advice to parties who wish to visit.

Each venue offers a programme of education workshops for groups from Early Years up to Key Stage 2, covering art, history and science across the sites.

You can download our Primary Schools programme 2011/12 here.

Hard at work in York Art Gallery's Studio learning space

Alternatively, visit the Schools pages on each of our venue's websites, where you can also find information about how we can help with secondary school visits:
York Art Gallery
York Castle Museum
Yorkshire Museum and Gardens

For more information and booking, contact our Learning Co-ordinator on 01904 650333 or email groupbookings@ymt.org.uk

An award-winning service

In 2011 the service was again awarded the Sandford Award for Heritage Education.

Here's what the judges had to say about our venues:

York Art Gallery contains important works of art in a newly refurbished gallery that is a great space for learning. Children learn to engage with art at a deeper level than simply gazing at paintings. The staff are enthusiastic and the sessions they lead are well thought through. Pupils will leave the Gallery enlightened, enthused and motivated about art.

York Castle Museum is a superb social history museum with world-renowned displays, enthusiastic and well-motivated staff. Schools that come to the Castle for a workshop session will get a high quality product and their pupils will have a memorable experience. They will learn far more than they realise they are learning – the ultimate goal for all museum educators.