Events

Royal Photographic Society Landscape Group Members’ Exhibition 2025/26 – Sat 6 Sep 2025

Dates: Saturday 6 September 2025–Sunday 21 September 2025, 12:00 am
Venue: York Museums Gardens

Dame Judi Dench Walk, York Museum Gardens
6 – 21 September 2025 | Free admission | Open 24 hours a day

The RPS Landscape Group Members’ Exhibition comes to Yorkshire; 8+ locations, from launch at Southwark Cathedral in May 2025 to finishing in Inverness in Spring 2026. See 80 beautiful prints: from London to Antarctica; rural & urban; land & sea; from big scenes to intimate abstracts. Includes images by RPS Yorkshire members.

Founded in 1853, current patron HRH The Princess of Wales, the RPS mission is to bring inspiration, creativity and connection through photography to people of all ages and back- grounds. The Landscape Group has 1200 members and is one of 16 special interest groups.

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York Picturehouse Outdoor Cinema- 10 Things I Hate About You – Sun 7 Sep 2025

Date: Sunday 7 September 2025, 7:30 pm-11:30 pm
Venue: York Museum Gardens

7 September 2025 – 10 Things I Hate About You 12A

Picturehouse Cinemas are bringing their ever-popular Outdoor Cinema back to York this September for a weekend of fantastic movies at York Museum Gardens.

An atmospheric social experience for the cinema fan who wants to experience something a little different; Outdoor Cinema has been a highlight of the Picturehouse summer schedule for over a decade.

As ever, Outdoor Cinema promises carefully curated cult classics, guilty pleasures, and new favourites – and this year is no different with three bona fide gems.
To sweeten the deal even more – every ticket includes £6 to spend on an array of refreshments from the well-stocked pop-up bar to enjoy under the moonlight.

For any general enquiries: outdoors@picturehouses.co.uk

Doors will open at 7:30pm with time to get settled.
Film start times vary depending on when the sun has set (approx. 9:30pm).
Seating is available but is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis.
Attendees are welcome to bring their own blankets and chairs. Ponchos and blankets will also be available to purchase.
Food and drink will be available on site. Bringing your own alcohol is strictly forbidden.
There will be portable toilets at the entrance of the location including an access toilet.

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Life Drawing – Model as Muse – Sat 13 Sep 2025

Date: Saturday 13 September 2025, 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Join us at York Art Gallery for life drawing workshops; whether you are a regular participant, would like to hone your skills, or try life drawing for the first time, these regular two-hour immersive Saturday sessions, led by Rob Oldfield, are a wonderful way to experience life drawing in a supportive and friendly environment.

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Community Birdwatch – Wed 17 Sep 2025

Date: Wednesday 17 September 2025, 10:30 am-11:30 am
Venue: York Museum Gardens

Join us for a community bird watch in the gardens and look out for the diverse range of birds in the garden.

Meet at the Birdwatching Station behind the rock garden 10:30am-11:30am.

This is a free event, no booking required.

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Aesthetica Art Prize Artist Tour – Fri 19 Sep 2025

Date: Friday 19 September 2025, 11:00 am-12:00 pm
Venue:

Join exhibiting artists for this special tour of the Aesthetcia Art Prize as they share the inspiration and creative process behind their artworks.

Included in General Admission.

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Saturday Kitchen: Victorian health and beauty – Sat 20 Sep 2025

Date: Saturday 20 September 2025, All Day
Venue: York Castle Musuem

Saturday 20 September 2025 | Throughout the day | Included in general admission

See how cold cream, lip salve and toothpowder were made over 100 years ago and even try a sample! You can also find out about some of the weird and wonderful folklore ‘cures’ for common ailments.

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Plant Sale – Sat 20 Sep 2025

Date: Saturday 20 September 2025, 10:30 am-3:30 pm
Venue: York Museum Gardens

Come and join us for the final plant sale of the year! Not only will plants grown in the Gardens be available to buy but also apple trees grafted in the Gardens.

The plant sale will be running 10:30-3:30pm outside the Yorkshire Museum.

Not only will buying a plant support the work of York Museums Trust but will also be your chance to have a part of York Museum Gardens at home.

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Dosti Friendship Picnic – Sun 28 Sep 2025

Date: Sunday 28 September 2025, 11:00 am-3:00 pm
Venue: York Museum Gardens

Sunday 28th of September

Free event No booking required

As part of York Food and Drink Festival, please join us for a Dosti Friendship Picnic in York Museum Gardens.

Please meet at the Pavilion and bring your own Picnic, rugs and chairs. Activities include arts and crafts, traditional music and teapot yoga.

NHS services and screenings, and a prayer room is available to use.

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York Environment Festival: Curious and Creative Gardening Tour – Tue 30 Sep 2025

Date: Tuesday 30 September 2025, 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Venue: York Museum Gardens

Learn about the initiatives and interventions York Museums Trust’s Gardens Team have made to make their busy public garden more wildlife friendly. Take a tour around over 10 acres of grounds, discovering inspiration for your own garden or workplace green spaces.

You’ll learn about climate change and biodiversity, discover the importance of insects for the food chain and how to manage your green space throughout the seasons to create wildlife habitat, and adopt a new perspective with some native weeds.

Suited to people aged 12+ with an interest in making green spaces more wildlife friendly. Under 16’s must be accompanied by and adult.

Meet on the hard standing in front of the entrance to the Yorkshire Museum.

Booking required. A booking link will be made available soon on the York Environment Festival website. Curious & Creative Gardening Tour: Wildlife-Friendly Museum Gardens – York Environment Festival

Please note: This event is weather dependant. If adverse weather conditions cause this event to be cancelled, ticket holders will be notified.

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Artist spotlight on: Liz West – Wed 1 Oct 2025

Date: Wednesday 1 October 2025, 2:00 pm-2:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Liz West will speak about how she creates vivid environments that mix luminous colour and radiant light. West aims to provoke a heightened sensory awareness in the viewer through her works. She is interested in exploring how sensory phenomena can invoke psychological and physical responses that tap into our own deeply entrenched relationships to colour. West’s investigation into the relationship between colour and light is often realised through an engagement between materiality and a given site. Our understanding of colour can only be realised through the presence of light. By playing and adjusting colour, West brings out the intensity and composition of her spatial arrangements.

Liz West (b.1985) is a British artist known for her wide-ranging works, from the intimate to the monumental. Using a variety of materials and exploring the use of light, she blurs the boundaries between sculpture, architecture, design and painting to create works that are both playful and immersive. West has been commissioned worldwide by institutions and organisations including Natural History Museum, London Design Festival, Paris Fashion Week, Milan Design Week, National Trust, National Science and Media Museum, Dubai Design Week, Natural England, Salford University, Fortnum & Mason for London Design Festival and Bristol Biennial. West’s work has been presented in solo exhibitions at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, The Mercer Art Gallery Harrogate, Farol Santander São Paulo, Jodhpur Art Week India, Hyvinkää Art Museum Finland, St Albans Museum + Gallery, Chester Cathedral, Bangalore International Centre India and Musée Nissim de Camondo Paris; and group exhibitions at Trapholt Denmark, Kraftwerk Berlin, Tripostal Lille and Compton Verney UK.

Included in General Admission.

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