York Museums Trust

Events - 7 Mar 20

Rat Catcher – Sat 7 Mar 2020

Rat Catcher

Dates: Saturday 7 March 2020–Sunday 8 March 2020, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum

The streets of Kirkgate need your help! Overrun with rats, the Mayor has employed Jim Snatch to rid the streets of them. Jim has been a rat catcher since he was a boy. It is a highly skilled trade not for the faint hearted; a profession that needs much learning and courage.

Join him on Kirkgate to take up the challenge of mastering these most cunning creatures and become a rat catcher yourself!

Timings are 11am – 1pm and 2pm – 4pm

Included in admission, no need to book.

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Viking Sword and Drill – Sat 7 Mar 2020

Viking Sword and Drill

Dates: Saturday 7 March 2020–Sunday 8 March 2020, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Be put through your paces with our resident Viking as you take part in our Viking Sword and Drill sessions. Included in museum admission. No need to book.

11am – 1pm & 2pm – 4pm

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Wacky and Wonderful Clay Creations – Sat 7 Mar 2020

Wacky and Wonderful Clay Creations

Dates: Saturday 7 March 2020–Sunday 8 March 2020, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Create wacky and wonderful textured creations using air drying clay and combinations of everyday materials in this family friendly workshop inspired by Gillian Lowndes. One of the most unusual things about Gillian Lowndes work is the different materials she uses. She called herself a “materials-driven artist” and she experimented with lots of new techniques and ways of working with clay, often including other types of materials and ‘found’ objects in her work. Why not come along and be inspired!

Timings are 11am – 1pm and 2pm – 4pm

Free family friendly drop in work shop. All material included. Gallery admission applies.

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Book Club – Sat 7 Mar 2020

Book Club

Date: Saturday 7 March 2020, 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:

Frankisstein by Jeannette Winterson

In Brexit Britain, a young transgender doctor falls in love with Victor Stein, an academic leading the public debate around AI. But the scene is set in 1816, as Mary Shelley writes about the creation of a non-biological life-form.‘Beware,for I am fearless and therefore powerful…’

 

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