Dates: Saturday 11 February 2023–Sunday 4 June 2023, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery
Enjoy a family breakfast, the most important meal of the day, at Sketch, before immersing yourself into the Marvellous & Mischievous exhibition here at York Art Gallery.
Dates: Saturday 1 April 2023–Sunday 16 April 2023, All Day
Venue: York Castle Museum
Join us at the Castle Museum for special springtime activities over the Easter holidays for the whole family!
Saturday 1 April – Sunday 16 April
Play Box
Down by the river, have a play with all the toys and games from our Playful Anywhere box! Balls, rackets, games, and more are free to use. Open 11am – 3pm daily.
Spring Museum Trail
Follow our Spring Trail through the museum to find our springy-est objects, like a 1960s Easter Egg and a porcelain mama cow with her calf!
Design a Birthday Postcard
It’s been 85 years since York Castle Museum opened its doors! Get creative and design a postcard to wish us a happy birthday, then enter it in our postcard competition to be in with a chance to win a prize!
Dates: Saturday 1 April 2023–Sunday 16 April 2023, All Day
Venue: York Museum Gardens
1-16 April
Drop-in, family friendly activities
Included with museum admission
Have fun exploring the Museum Gardens before you head inside to explore The Yorkshire Museum! Follow our springtime garden trail to discover new plants and flowers, and make a spring nature hat with craft materials provided by the Museum! Collect materials at reception inside the Yorkshire Museum.
Date: Saturday 1 April 2023, 10:30 am - 4:15 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum
Date: Saturday 1 April 2023, 10:30 am - 3:30 pm
Venue: York Museum Gardens
Just in time for planting season, a range of plants grown from cuttings and seed will be available to buy, as well as surplus plants from the Gardens! Our plants are grown on-site in York Museum Gardens to help reduce our carbon footprint.
Expert advice and guidance about the suitability of plants for your garden will be available from the Gardens team.
Proceeds from the Pop Up Plant Shop will be invested back into the gardens, to refresh existing beds, introduce more native wildflowers, enhance the Spring bulb displays and replace aging gardening equipment.
The Shop is located next to the entrance of the Yorkshire Museum.
York Museums Trust hope the Pop Up Plant Shop will become a regular opportunity for people to take home plants they enjoy when visiting York Museum Gardens, as well as essential gardening hand tools and accessories.
Date: Saturday 1 April 2023, 11:30 am - 12:45 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery
1 April, 11:30-12:45
Included in exhibition entry. Booking required.
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Adult event
What do Jane Eyre and Tracy Beaker have in common – rebellion of course! From Dickens to David Walliams, children’s literature is full of characters who rebel against the circumstances in which they find themselves. This talk, aimed at any adult reader interested in this exhibition, will explore the journeys of some of the characters featured in the texts on display. We will look at what their rebellion is and how this features some marvellous and mischievous elements in their stories.
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Dr Amanda Naylor is a Senior Lecturer in English and Education at the University of York. Her speciality is teaching reading and texts in all sorts of contexts. She has been a teacher and teacher trainer of English in schools and colleges and she is passionate about sharing her interests in texts with all sorts of readers.
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