Events

Nosegay Posy: Floral workshop inspired by Victorian Summer Flowers – Sat 9 Aug 2025

Date: Saturday 9 August 2025, 10:30 am-1:30 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum

Nosegay Posy: Floral workshop inspired by Victorian Summer Flowers
9 August 2025
10.30am – 1.30pm | £30 per person

Join us for a fun and creative workshop inspired by Summer at the Castle Museum!

Learn how to create a simple herb nosegay posy in this summer workshop with Mandy Barker of Floral Inspirations.

All materials will be provided. No experience is necessary.
Ages 16+ (under 18 must be accompanied by an adult)
Admission to York Castle Museum is included for the day of the workshop only.

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Life Drawing – Model as Muse – Sat 9 Aug 2025

Date: Saturday 9 August 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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Sunday Sounds: Peter the Historical Musician – Sun 10 Aug 2025

Date: Sunday 10 August 2025, All Day
Venue: York Castle Museum

Sunday Sounds: Live Music at the Castle Museum – Peter the Historical Musician
10 August 2025
Performances throughout the day | Included in general admission
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Join us on Sunday at York Castle Museum for live music from the past.

Peter the Historical Musician

A roaming Victorian musician will delight and inform visitors with a range of instruments and songs from the period.

Performances will occur throughout the day.

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Summer at York Castle Museum: Gala Flower Making Workshop – Sun 10 Aug 2025

Date: Sunday 10 August 2025, 10:30 am-3:30 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum

Summer at York Castle Museum: Gala Flower Making Workshop
10 August 2025
10.30am – 3.30pm | Included in general admission
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Join us for a fun and creative, artist led, flower-making workshop. We’ll be inspired by the beautiful summer floral decorations on our historic Victorian street, Kirkgate —perfect for families!

Drop in any-time.

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Three letter postcards – letterpress workshop – Sun 10 Aug 2025

Date: Sunday 10 August 2025, 10:30 am-1:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Three letter postcards
Sunday 10 August 2025
10.30am – 1.30pm | £40
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Inspired by medieval illuminations, typography and more, Harland Miller’s Letter Paintings play with colour, sense and saturation. In this engaging wood type workshop, we will do the same, overprinting letters and colours to think differently about the layering of letters and colours, sense and visual effect. Each participant will go away with a set of unique hand-printed postcards, responding to Miller’s work.

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Meet me at the Yorkshire Museum: Viking North – Sun 10 Aug 2025

Date: Sunday 10 August 2025, 11:00 am-4:00 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Meet me at the Yorkshire Museum: Viking North
Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays from 20 July – 29 August 2025
11am – 4pm | Included in general admission | Suitable for all ages
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There are only two seasons in the Viking world.

Summer and Winter.

It is winter.

Night and day are dark and the air is cold. Raids must stop. Longboats are pulled out of the freezing river onto land, and the Great Army must shelter from the harsh weather.

In the dark, fire meets ice and crackles. A story can be heard on the wind. A tune is played. A laugh rings out!

This summer, visit the Winter… as the camp dwellers bring the dark season to life with stories, music, games and laughter.

Meet characters from the Winter camp and discover more from the Viking North exhibition through live performance and interactive interpretation with History Riot.

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Silly History Boys Circus Skills – Tue 12 Aug 2025

Date: Tuesday 12 August 2025, 10:30 am-4:00 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum

Silly History Boys Circus Skills
12 August 2025
10.30am – 4pm | Included in general admission
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The Silly History Boys will be delighting us with circus fun. Watch their silly antics and daring acts, then have a go yourself outside in the yard.

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Meet me at the Yorkshire Museum: Viking North – Tue 12 Aug 2025

Date: Tuesday 12 August 2025, 11:00 am-4:00 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Meet me at the Yorkshire Museum: Viking North
Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays from 20 July – 29 August 2025
11am – 4pm | Included in general admission | Suitable for all ages
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There are only two seasons in the Viking world.

Summer and Winter.

It is winter.

Night and day are dark and the air is cold. Raids must stop. Longboats are pulled out of the freezing river onto land, and the Great Army must shelter from the harsh weather.

In the dark, fire meets ice and crackles. A story can be heard on the wind. A tune is played. A laugh rings out!

This summer, visit the Winter… as the camp dwellers bring the dark season to life with stories, music, games and laughter.

Meet characters from the Winter camp and discover more from the Viking North exhibition through live performance and interactive interpretation with History Riot.

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Phineas Fickletickle Totally Tremendous Time Travelling Tincture – Wed 13 Aug 2025

Date: Wednesday 13 August 2025, All Day
Venue: York Castle Museum

Phineas Fickletickle Totally Tremendous Time Travelling Tincture
13 August 2025
Three performances per day | Included in general admission
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Join Phineas Fickletickle with his imaginary enchanted hot air balloon, as he travels round the museum to help his friends get back to their own time period using his collection of magical tinctures. They will visit Medieval, Georgian and Edwardian periods, as well as the 1960s, so there’s plenty to discover and learn.

Visitors can follow these promenade performances which will run for 30 minutes.

Please note this is a standing performance and travels through the yard out to the mill area at the back of the museum.

Times will be advertised at the museum on the day.

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Wicked Wednesday at York Art Gallery – Wed 13 Aug 2025

Date: Wednesday 13 August 2025, 10:15 am-12:15 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Wicked Wednesday

£7 per child (capacity: 16 per session)

Please book a ticket for every child who is attending the session.

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(Please book Gallery admission separately)

Session 1

10.15am – 11am

Session 2

11.30am – 12.15 pm

Suitable for 2 – 8 year olds

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 always accompanied by an adult. Due to space restrictions, a max of 1 adult per booking.

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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.

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