Date: Wednesday 7 October 2026, 12:00 am
Venue: York Museum Gardens

Community Birdwatch
Wednesday 7 October 2026
10:30am – 11:30am
Free, donations encouraged
Suitable for all ages
York Museum Gardens

Join Isabelle, a member of the Gardens Team for a community bird watch to spot some of the various bird species in the Museum Gardens.

Please meet at the bird feeding station next to the Rock Garden.

As a charity, York Museums Trust relies on donations to keep York Museum Gardens open and maintained, and provide free community activities like the Community Birdwatch. Although the activity is free, please consider donating if you are able to.

View event >

Date: Wednesday 7 October 2026, 12:00 pm-12:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Inspired by Flaxman Talk: John Flaxman’s Funerary Monuments by Michael Adam Smith 
Wednesday 7 October 2026
12 noon – 12.30pm
Included in general admission | Book Tickets

The bulk of Flaxman’s sculptural output comprises over 200 extant funerary monuments. Installed in churches across Britain and overseas, they range from small memorial tablets commissioned by bereaved families to publicly funded monuments commemorating British military heroes. This talk will provide an overview of Flaxman’s work in this field, discussing his modelling process, his relationship with clients and his continual reinterpretation of favourite motifs. 

Michael Adam Smith is an academic from York University currently studying for a PhD entitled, John Flaxman: art, design and the intermedial body. His academic research has contributed to the curation of Turner, Wedgwood & Beyond: Inspired by Flaxman and has played a pivotal role in the themes explored throughout.

View event >