Date: Monday 4 August 2014, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum

Send your own messages and decode a special message from the museum using semaphore and Morse code in this drop-in activity.

Weekly prize draw for correct answers.

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Date: Monday 4 August 2014, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Calling all Dinosaur Detectives!

Precious artefacts are being found with bites taken out of them. Can you help the museum staff solve the mystery?

Which naughty dinosaur could it be? Handle dinosaur fossils from the museum collections and follow the clues to earn your Dinosaur Detective badge.

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Date: Monday 4 August 2014, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum

Meet the Recruitment Officer in our new exhibition, 1914: When the World Changed Forever, and find out if you have what it takes to join the new volunteer army.

Sign up for special drill sessions where you will be put through your paces, at 11am, 12:30pm, 2pm, and 3pm.

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Dates: Monday 4 August 2014–Friday 15 August 2014, 10:30 am - 3:30 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

4,5,13,14,15th August

A very special animation project, where you will learn the tricks and techniques needed to be an animator. Working with local professionals Biomation you will work on a brand new animation including scripting, character development and filming.  The finished animation will go on display in the museum to over 100,000 visitors a year. No knowledge of the bronze age needed just the willingness to learn (and a packed lunch!). This experience will look great on CVs and UCAS applications.

FREE.

Parents/Carer permission needed.

To book a place ring York Museums Trust on 01904 687633.

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Date: Monday 4 August 2014, 10:30 am - 5:00 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Make your own dino mask and decorate it with collage techniques using our special reptilian paper.

Or you can walk with dinosaurs and create your own dinosaur feet, inspired by the museum’s collection of dinosaur footprint fossils.

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Date: Monday 4 August 2014, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum

To mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, York Castle Museum will remain open after hours for the public to explore the major new exhibition, 1914: When the World Changed Forever.

Special Price for entry between 5pm and 8pm – £5 (new exhibition only)

This Afternoon talk with the great nephew of Captain Lawrence Oakley, the York man who designed some of the most iconic posters of the First World War. Jerry Rendell will be talking about the man and the creation of his famous silhouettes, as well as signing copies of his book Profiles of the First World War: The Silhouettes of Captain H.L Oakley.

Tickets for the talk are free but limited*.

Please click here to book your place.

*Tickets for the talk are free but admission to the museum will still be required.

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Date: Monday 4 August 2014, 3:15 pm - 6:00 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum

Join Senior Curator of History and Archaeology, Alison Bodley, as she talks about life in York in  1914 and the beginning of the war as the peace and prosperity of Europe fell apart.

Tickets are free but limited.

Please click here to book your place.

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Date: Monday 4 August 2014, 3:15 pm - 6:00 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum

To mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, York Castle Museum will remain open after hours for the public to explore the major new exhibition, 1914: When the World Changed Forever.

There will be  a special price for entry between 5pm and 8pm – £5 (new exhibition only).

Join Senior Curator of History and Archaeology, Alison Bodley, as she talks about life in York in  1914 and the beginning of the war as the peace and prosperity of Europe fell apart.

Tickets for the talk are free but limited*.

Please click here to book your place.

*Tickets for the talk are free but admission to the museum will still be required.

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