Dates: Friday 14 July 2023–Wednesday 20 September 2023, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum
Join us for family friendly fun at the Yorkshire Museum all summer long!
Meet fossil hunter Mary Anning, follow our Jurassic Trail, and join Creative Family Wednesdays!
All events included in general admission.
Dates: Wednesday 26 July 2023–Sunday 3 September 2023, All Day
Venue: York Castle Museum
Head to York Castle Museum this summer to explore over 400 years of York’s history!
Travel back in time to our famous Victorian Street, Kirkgate, and soak up the sights, sounds and smells of Victorian York. Then explore our original prison cells that once held the notorious highwayman Dick Turpin!
The popular outdoor Playbox, run by Playful Anywhere, will be BACK at the museum this August. Full of fun indoor and outdoor activities there’s something for everyone to enjoy – whatever the weather! Visitors can also enjoy NEW and exciting ‘imagination’ stations and watch fun cooking demonstrations in the Castle Kitchen! Find out more about each of these activities here.
New for Summer 2023 visit our latest exhibition ‘Celebrating York’s Gypsy and Traveller Heritage’, developed in partnership with York Travellers Trust. Through photography and historical information, learn about their important connections to the city, and then enjoy its activity space where you can create your very own beautiful paper flower.
All activities are included in general admission to York Castle Museum. Please note the Playbox will be open everyday in August from 11am-3pm.
Date: Wednesday 26 July 2023, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery
Room will be open from 11am, story telling starts at 11.15am
Each week Story Craft Theatre will be going on a Wicked Wednesday adventure and you are all invited!
With the power of imagination you might find yourselves swinging through a magical garden, jumping over mesmerising mountains or even swimming in a great ocean. All from the comfort of York Art Gallery.
The sessions will include: games, singing and an interactive story.
Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Due to space restrictions, a max of 1 adult per booking.
Wicked Wednesdays will run as follows:
26 July
2, 9, 16, 23, 30 August
6, 13, 20, 27 September
4 October
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Story Craft Theatre is a children’s theatre company created by Cassie Vallance and Janet-Emily Bruce. After setting up in 2018 they have hosted birthday parties, events and classes throughout the UK. Partnerships have included Castle Howard, National Trust, Rural Arts, Rowntree Park, Theatre 41 and York Theatre Royal.
Date: Wednesday 26 July 2023, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Venue:
Wednesday 26 July, 4.30pm,
Free online talk / Streamed live on YouTube and the Yorkshire Museum’s Facebook page
With Tom Sharpe
Watch live on YouTube here
More has been written about Mary Anning (1799–1847), the fossil dealer of Lyme Regis, than about any other geologist, apart from Charles Darwin. Separating the facts from the fictions about Mary Anning can be challenging, but her story is a remarkable tale in its own right. This talk will examine what we know of the life of this extraordinary woman and her famous discoveries, and her part within the developing science of palaeontology in the early nineteenth century.
Tom Sharpe was formerly Curator of Palaeontology and Archives at the National Museum of Wales. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society, the Royal Geographical Society and the Museums Association, and is a former Chair of the Geological Curators’ Group and History of Geology Group. He has published on the work of the geologists Henry De la Beche and William Smith and on the history of the geological exploration of Antarctica. He is the author of ‘The Fossil Woman. A Life of Mary Anning’, published by The Dovecote Press in November 2020, and now available in paperback.
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