Dates: Saturday 7 December 2019–Sunday 8 December 2019, 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum

Every weekend from 16th November – 22nd December with extra week dates including Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th December.

10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 2.30pm and 3.30pm 
Online bookings only for 10:30am, 11:30am and 2:30pm sessions only.

Create unforgettable memories this festive season with York’s favourite Father Christmas. Enjoy a truly enchanting 30 minute experience and capture the moment with a photograph.

“This is definitely a Christmas trip my children will remember as they grow up.”

Prices

Child over 3  £8.50 plus museum admission
Universal Credit Child over 3 £4.25
(A child ticket for Father Christmas includes free admission of two parents/carers, but they do need to pay normal admission to York Castle Museum.)
Additional Adult price £8.50 plus museum admission
Additional Adult price Universal £4.25 plus museum admission

Book your tickets here. 

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Date: Saturday 7 December 2019, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

This lecture by Jeanne Nuechterlein, curator of the exhibition Making a Masterpiece: Bouts and Beyond (c.1450–2020), explores the ideas behind the making of early Netherlandish images, and why these artworks are still so effective today.

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Date: Saturday 7 December 2019, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Join the book club with a difference. A friendly bunch of people who are passionate about history, museums and books. Come along to any of the sessions for a lively discussion regardless of whether you like or even finished the book!

Included in museum admission. No need to book.

Book list:

Collected Ghost Stories (Wordsworth Edition) by M.R.James

What could be better than ghost stories in the depths of winter? M.R. James, probably the finest ghost story writer England has ever produced, instils a satisfying sense of unease through classic tales such as ‘Oh,Whistle and I’ll come to you, my lad’,‘The Tractate Middoth’ and ‘Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook’

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