Date: 20 November 2025 York Castle Museum is brimming with festivity as it officially opened for the Christmas season last weekend (15 November 2025). Inspired by Yorkshire Christmases through the ages, this year the museum celebrates Christmas from the 17th century to the 1980s, with stunning period decorations and a packed programme of exciting events for all to enjoy. …
Date: 21 October 2025 New exhibition showcasing incredible Japanese woodblock prints due to open at York Art Gallery in February 2026. York Art Gallery is delighted to announce its next major exhibition, Making Waves: The Art of Japanese Woodblock Print, opening on 27 February 2026. The exhibition features Japanese woodblock prints from York Art Gallery’s extensive collection as well …
Date: 17 October 2025 New Exhibition to open at York Art Gallery showcasing the work of Yorkshire sculptor, Harold Gosney. Harold Gosney: Materials and Making 15 November 2025 – 28 June 2026 A brand-new exhibition is due to open at York Art Gallery in November, celebrating the work of Harold Gosney (born 1937). Renowned for his sculptures, Gosney is a prolific Yorkshire artist …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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