Date: 4 September 2025 Christmas at York Castle Museum 2025 15 November 2025- 4 January 2026 Step into a festive wonderland at York Castle Museum this winter! Explore the famous Victorian Street, Kirkgate, to a soundtrack of traditional carols. Beautifully decorated trees will line the snow-covered cobblestones and fill the air with the scent of Christmas pine. Stunning period decorations …
Date 28 August Enhance your greenspaces with wildflower seeds from York Museum Gardens! Take home a piece of York Museum Gardens and create your own natural wildflower habitat to support pollinators and wildlife! After the success of the wildflower meadow for the second summer season, York Museum Gardens is once again collecting the seeds …
Date: 19 August 2025 Adopt an object: Sponsor a Viking artefact at the Yorkshire Museum. The Yorkshire Museum has launched a new object-focused fundraising programme, ‘Adopt an Object’. The programme provides the opportunity for annual sponsorship of some of the incredible collections from the recently opened Viking North exhibition. ‘Adopt an Object’ offers the chance to …
Date: 12 August 2025 Contemporary artists Squidsoup and Liz West are set to exhibit a range of immersive works at York Art Gallery in a brand-new installation entitled Future Tense: Art in the Age of Transformation, running from 19 September 2025 – 25 January 2026. Squidsoup is an artist collective who create immersive digital installations utilising light, sound, and space. Their …
Date: 12 August 2025 The Aesthetica Art Prize returns to York Art Gallery from 19 September 2025 – 25 January 2026. Celebrating its 19th anniversary, the Prize supports the work and creativity of a wide range of incredible contemporary artists, all working across different art forms and attracting national and international attention and prestige. 25 of the shortlisted works, ranging from paintings and …
Date: 6 August 2025 The internationally renowned Centre of Ceramic Art (CoCA) at York Art Gallery has undergone a major redisplay of its ceramics collection. Titled Not a Pot, the new exhibition showcases the wide range of sculptural pottery in York Art Gallery’s collection. Marking the passing of one of the UK’s most influential …
DATE: 29 July 2025 Melsonby Hoard saved for the UK thanks to National Heritage Memorial Fund and public support. The Yorkshire Museum is delighted to announce that it has received £192,096 from the National Heritage Memorial Fund alongside support from public fundraising to acquire the Melsonby Hoard for future generations. Discovered by a metal detectorist in 2021 near the …
Press Release: 15 July 2025 Living Art in York Museum Gardens: Harland Miller’s ‘Far Out’ in Florals. Art and nature beautifully blend in York Museum Gardens this summer due to an exciting collaboration with York Art Gallery, introducing a popular artwork into the gardens in a unique and stunning way. York Art Gallery’s current …
Date: 26 June 2025 From the Factory Floor: York Castle Museum launches appeal for information about the confectionery community in the city Have you or someone in your family worked at Rowntree’s/Nestle, Terry’s, Craven’s/Tangerine or other sweet factories in York? Did the smell of chocolate shape your memories of the city? York …
Date: 23 June 2025 York Museums Trust launch Creative Conversation Box Loan Scheme to support people with memory loss and social isolation York Museums Trust have launched a new Creative Conversation Box Loan Scheme, designed to support people living with memory loss or experiencing social isolation through meaningful and engaging interactions, using themed objects and stories as …
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