21 July 2017
A moving theatrical performance and a community exhibition commemorating the life of Lawrence Rowntree, who died at the Battle of Passchendaele, will take place later this month at York Castle Museum. Lawrence, the grandson of Joseph Rowntree, died in the battle which started 100 years ago on July 31 1917.
The museum has worked with the Rowntree …
20 July 2017
Through a series of workshops and conversations collecting individual stories in York, Italian artist Marinella Senatore is looking for volunteers to feature in her new artwork titled York Symphony that celebrates the city and its people.
Marinella and independent curator, Lara Goodband, are looking for dancers, singers and musicians to help create the new …
18 July 2017
Ceramic works of art by one of the world’s most famous artists, Pablo Picasso, go on public display at the Centre of Ceramic Art in York Art Gallery this summer (28 July to 5 November 2017). The new exhibition showcases highlights from the Attenborough collection.
Lord and Lady Attenborough began collecting ceramics by Picasso in 1954, after …
14 July 2017
The art and science behind Susan Aldworth’s new exhibitions in York will be the focus of two events next Thursday (July 20). From 2pm-4pm Susan will be at York St Mary’s, Castlegate, to talk about the inspiration behind her current exhibition A Dark Self and the people who helped make it …
11 July 2017
Join us on Saturday 15 July for a YMT Card Holders shopping special with 20% discount in our gift shops at the Yorkshire Museum, York Castle Museum and York Art Gallery* with a valid YMT Card.
The Yorkshire Museum shop sells a wide range of souvenirs, books, gifts and cards covering a range of themes – from …
10 July 2017
A life size bronze sculpture of an Irish Wolfhound by late York artist Sally Arnup has been posthumously gifted to York Art Gallery.
The sculpture, which is on show sitting on a rug in the Burton Gallery, has been coated in wax to allow visitors to touch it.
The gift’s unveiling coincides with …
29 June 2017
Paul Nash’s ground-breaking inter-war landscapes which transformed the genre of British landscape painting will feature in a new exhibition curated by John Stezaker at York Art Gallery this autumn.
The violent upheaval of the pastoral and romantic landscape caused by the First World War had a significant effect on Nash and his work …
27 June 2017
York Museums Trust has been successful in securing £4.9 million of Arts Council England funding over the next four years.
The Trust was rated strong in every area of its assessment except for Goal One, showing Excellence in Arts and Culture, which was rated as Outstanding.
The Trust will also receive £1.35 million over four years …
23 June 2017
York Art Gallery has been named as the Visitor Attraction of the Year (Over 50,000 visitors) at this year’s Visit York Tourism Awards.
This is the second year in a row the gallery has received the accolade, which was announced at the awards ceremony at the National Railway Museum last night (June 22).
It comes …
23 June 2017
York residents can visit three of York’s top visitor attractions for free on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 June as part of York Museums Trust’s Open Weekend.
York Art Gallery, the Yorkshire Museum and York Castle Museum are all free to residents over the weekend. Visitors can enjoy two new highly-acclaimed exhibitions: Albert Moore: …
