York Museums Trust

Events - 22 May 25

Dig Deeper – Thu 24 Apr 2025

Dig Deeper

Dates: Thursday 24 April 2025–Friday 20 June 2025, 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Venue: DIG

24 April – 20 June 2025 | 10am – 4pm | DIG | Included in admission price | Book now

Step into the world of ancient gladiators and uncover a truly unique encounter at DIG! While gladiators battling lions and bears have long captured the imagination, evidence of these fierce encounters has been limited to historical texts and artistic depictions—until now.

This spring, DIG is proud to present an extraordinary display: skeletal remains believed to bear genuine lion bite marks. Alongside this discovery, witness a stunning facial reconstruction that brings history vividly to life.

Join our Dig Deeper tours—an exclusive, adult-focused experience held at the end of each day. These tours spotlight the gladiator remains and other fascinating artifacts from our collection. Learn from real archaeologists, ask your burning questions about life on a dig, and handle replica artifacts. You’ll also gain hands-on experience in our interactive dig pits, discovering what it’s like to uncover the past.

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to come face-to-face with history. Book your visit today!

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Gallery talk: The Modern Art of the Book – Thu 22 May 2025

Gallery talk: The Modern Art of the Book

Date: Thursday 22 May 2025, 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Gallery talk: The Modern Art of the Book by Professor Michael White
Thursday 22 May 2025 | 2pm
Included in gallery admission

Miller took inspiration from the covers of Penguin Books, the design of which was regularised in the 1940s by the celebrated German graphic designer, Jan Tschichold. This talk will investigate the sources of Tschichold’s guidelines for modern typography and book design in experimental works of art created in the 1920s by artists such as El Lisstizky and Kurt Schwitters. The story takes us from concepts of abstract art into popular book design and then back into art with Miller.

This event takes place on gallery and limited seating is available.

The talk lasts for approximately half an hour.

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Peter Addyman in Conversation – Thu 22 May 2025

Peter Addyman in Conversation

Date: Thursday 22 May 2025, 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Peter Addyman in Conversation 
22 May 2025 | 7pm – 8.30pm | Tempest Anderson Hall, Yorkshire Museum | £5 per person | Book now

 

There is probably no-one in York with the depth of archaeological experience that Peter Addyman has collected since he arrived in the city in 1972. Ever since he co-founded the York Archaeological Trust in 1976, he has been involved in research, digs and written papers covering all periods of archaeological research in York.

At this event Peter will be talking about some of his experiences – some known, some still not published, many of them relating to Roman sites in the city and surrounds – aided and provoked by John Oxley, the former City of York Council archaeologist.

 

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