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Christmas at York Castle Museum 2025: A Very Yorkshire Christmas

Date: 9 October 2025    Christmas at York Castle Museum 2025: A Very Yorkshire Christmas  15 November 2025 – 4 January 2026    Enjoy Yorkshire Christmases through the ages as you wander through over 200 years of festive history at York Castle Museum. With period decorations, live performances, music and cookery demonstrations in the Castle Kitchen, embrace the magic of Christmas with all your senses.  Snowy …

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New Funding Strengthens Future of York Museums Trust

Date: 8 October 2025 New Funding Strengthens Future of York Museums Trust York Museums Trust is delighted to announce that it will receive vital funding support, through the Museums Renewal Fund, of £1m from Arts Council England (ACE) and the Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS), enabling the organisation to invest in its longer-term sustainability and …

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October Half Term at York Castle Museum 2025

Press Release: 1 October 2025    October Half Term at York Castle Museum:  The museum of mysteries.   Saturday 25 October – Sunday 2 November 2025    This October Half Term, experience a museum of mysteries at York Castle Museum. With a range of daily events from crafts to story-telling and other interactive activities, there’s something to keep everyone entertained and get you …

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York Museum Gardens wins Platinum Award for second year running in prestigious Yorkshire in Bloom Competition 

Date: 30 September 2025   York Museum Gardens wins Platinum Award for second year running in prestigious Yorkshire in Bloom Competition    Last week York Museum Gardens celebrated a Best in Category and Platinum Award at Yorkshire in Bloom. This prestigious competition is part of Britain in Bloom in association with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).   RHS Britain in …

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New Community Exhibition ‘Sugar, Skill and Shiftwork: York’s Confectionery Workers’ coming soon at York Castle Museum. 

Date: 11 September 2025 New Community Exhibition ‘Sugar, Skill and Shiftwork: York’s Confectionery Workers’ coming soon at York Castle Museum.    26 September 2025 – September 2026    York Castle Museum is delighted to announce the opening of a brand-new community-led exhibition later this month, celebrating York’s world-famous confectionery industries. The exhibition, Sugar, Skill and Shiftwork: York’s Confectionery Workers, delves …

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Christmas at York Castle Museum 2025 

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 …

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Enhance your greenspaces with wildflower seeds from York Museum Gardens!

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 …

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Adopt an Object: Sponsor a Viking artefact at the Yorkshire Museum. 

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 …

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Contemporary art installations at York Art Gallery promise immersive exploration of light, sound and space

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 …

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Aesthetica Art Prize, celebrating global contemporary artists, returns to York Art Gallery on 19 September 2025

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 …

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