Date: Saturday 27 October 2018, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Join us October Half Term for this family-friendly event!

Rocks decorated with pictures, colours and messages are being hidden to spread happiness to their finders. These rocks have started to reappear around the world and be passed on for the next person to discover.

Decorate your own rock with creative pictures, colours and messages. Once you’ve decorated it, make someone smile by hiding your rock in our Artists Garden.

This activity takes place between 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm and is included with your museum admission. There’s no need to book, but please note that spaces are limited.

For all our family-friendly activities happening this half term, visit our October Half Term page.

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Date: Saturday 27 October 2018, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Join us October Half Term for this family-friendly event!

Be inspired by The BFG in Pictures and Roald Dahl’s imaginative descriptions of dreams to paint your own dream.

Use watercolours to make your dream: all in our magical BFG cave.

This activity takes place between 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm and is included with your museum admission. There’s no need to book.

For all our family-friendly activities happening this half term, visit our October Half Term page.

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Date: Saturday 27 October 2018, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Join us October Half Term for this family-friendly event!

Take a trail around the museum as we look at some age-old myths about wolves, like werewolves and shapeshifters.

Then, if you dare, meet the Big Bad Wolf himself!

After that, take part in our very important debate about whether wolves should be brought back into the wild in Britain:

• Look at the reasons for and against
• Know your facts from your fiction as you use the information around the room to help you make a decision
• Take a vote in our ballot box, share your views on our ‘view point wall’ and make your own badge or banner to take home

Meanwhile, under fives can enjoy traditional stories such as Little Red Riding Hood, Three Little Pigs, and The Boy Who Cried Wolf.

We’ll also have lots of fun activities to do like reading story books, dressing up and playing with puppets.

These activities take place between 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm and are included with your museum admission. There’s no need to book.

For our admission prices, please see our visitor information page.

For all family-friendly activities happening this half term, visit our October Half Term page.

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Date: Saturday 27 October 2018, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum

Join us October Half Term for this family-friendly event!

Private Wood from Pocklington is waiting to enlist you in the Army. Are you ready to travel with him and leave England behind?

Find out about his story and how tough daily life was for one of our own troops on the Western Front.

Become a Tommy in the Trenches, build your own trench and find out about muddy funk holes under the command of Private Wood.

Report for duty on the 1914: When the World Changed Forever gallery.

This activity takes place between 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm and is included with your museum admission. There’s no need to book.

For our admission prices, please see our visitor information page.

For all our family-friendly activities happening this half term, visit our October Half Term page.

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Date: Saturday 27 October 2018, 2:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Join us for this talk on the Automaton Clock, an extravagant clock featuring moving figures and sound.

In this talk, we’ll discuss this fascinating clock and what we know about its history. Afterwards, we’ll activate the clock so you can see its many decorations brought to life.

The talk starts at 2pm, will last between 5-10 minutes and is included with your gallery admission. For our admission prices, please see our visitor information page.

In the meantime, why not see some of the other fascinating objects in our collection?

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