York Museums Trust

Events - 24 Feb 17

Ceramic Safari – Fri 24 Feb 2017

Ceramic Safari

Date: Friday 24 February 2017, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Our ceramic art collection is hiding all kinds of creatures this half term!

Become a jungle explorer as you search CoCA (Centre of Ceramic Art) to find animals, birds and fantastic beasts hidden among our collections.

50p per trail (admission applies), no need to book.

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Chocolate Wrapped Up! – Fri 24 Feb 2017

Chocolate Wrapped Up!

Date: Friday 24 February 2017, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum

Come along this half term for delicious demos, scrumptious sweet-decorating and to produce pretty packaging ahead of the new chocolate experience opening in April – Chocolate: York’s Sweet Past.

Be inspired by the sweets and chocolate packaging of the past from the museum’s collection and make your own version to take home!

Admission applies, no need to book.

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Delicious Demos & Scrumptious Sweets – Fri 24 Feb 2017

Delicious Demos & Scrumptious Sweets

Date: Friday 24 February 2017, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum

Come along this half term for delicious demos, scrumptious sweet-decorating and to produce pretty packaging ahead of the new chocolate experience opening in April – Chocolate: York’s Sweet Past.

Discover the story of sugar moulding and watch sugar plate-making being demonstrated. There will be the opportunity to mould and stamp your own designs and decorate sweets with your own messages.

Admission applies, no need to book.

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Jorvik Life Trail – Fri 24 Feb 2017

Jorvik Life Trail

Date: Friday 24 February 2017, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Join us this half term to help the Yorkshire Museum prepare for the brand new exhibition coming in May 2017 – Viking: Rediscover the Legend.

Follow the trail to find our seven Viking characters hidden around the museum. Look out for Erik, Thora, Snorri and more amongst our collection to uncover the Viking word and receive a prize!

50p per trail (admission applies), no need to book.

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Old Collections, New Questions: Roman Study Day – Fri 24 Feb 2017

Old Collections, New Questions: Roman Study Day

Date: Friday 24 February 2017, 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Venue: The Hospitium

Join a gathering of museum professionals, scholars, researchers, and enthusiasts to launch the ‘Old Collections, New Questions’ research project, an Arts Council England supported initiative to reinvestigate York Museums Trust’s Roman collections.

This free event takes place at the Hospitium in the Museum Gardens, directly opposite the Yorkshire Museum.

For more information and to book your place please visit the Eventbrite page here.

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Song Box Discovery Session – Fri 24 Feb 2017

Song Box Discovery Session

Date: Friday 24 February 2017, 10:15 am - 11:30 am
Venue: York Art Gallery

“Secret story pots” – a Song Box Discovery session for 3 – 6 year olds with their families, at CoCA, York’s Centre of Ceramic Art, part of York Art Gallery.

Join Thea on a multi sensory safari, exploring the secret world of studio ceramics. Working in very small groups, Thea will share her lively fascination with these gorgeous and intriguing objects. Release your imagination and creativity with Thea, including fun extension ideas to play with at home.

Please meet Thea in the York Art Gallery entrance foyer prior to the session.

Tickets from £3.78 (gallery admission applies) – click here to book through Eventbrite.

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Create a Creature – Fri 24 Feb 2017

Create a Creature

Date: Friday 24 February 2017, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Our ceramic art collection is hiding all kinds of creatures this half term!

Go wild in our studio and create your own creature out of air hardening clay.

Admission applies, no need to book.

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Curator’s Corner – Fri 24 Feb 2017

Curator’s Corner

Date: Friday 24 February 2017, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Join us this half term to help the Yorkshire Museum prepare for the brand new exhibition coming in May 2017 – Viking: Rediscover the Legend.

Learn how to arrange and display your own exhibition of replica objects in our ‘Curator’s Corner’. How will you display the items and what will you say about them? Then get crafty to create your own ‘Curator’s Collage’ using images from our Viking collection.

Admission applies, no need to book.

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Meet a Viking! – Fri 24 Feb 2017

Meet a Viking!

Date: Friday 24 February 2017, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Join us this half term to help the Yorkshire Museum prepare for the brand new exhibition coming in May 2017 – Viking: Rediscover the Legend.

See real Viking objects and hear the stories behind them from our resident ‘Viking’.

Admission applies, no need to book.

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Art Shot Talks – Fri 24 Feb 2017

Art Shot Talks

Date: Friday 24 February 2017, 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Join our Welcome Team for our free 10 minute Art Shot talks daily 2pm- 2.45pm except for Wednesdays and Saturdays.

The subject will vary but will relate to the displays and collections currently on at York Art Gallery.

Free with admission, no need to book.

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