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Meet Me at The Yorkshire Museum – Fri 30 May 2025

Meet Me at The Yorkshire Museum

Date: Friday 30 May 2025, All Day
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Meet Me at The Yorkshire Museum
30 May 2025 | Included in general admission | Book now

Ever wanted to run into a Roman? 

This is YOUR invitation to …. 

…….. MEET ME AT THE YORKSHIRE! 

Suitable for all ages.
Short stories, music, games and object handling throughout the day. Times will be advertised at the Museum. 

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Tales from the Trail: Sixties – Fri 30 May 2025

Tales from the Trail: Sixties

Date: Friday 30 May 2025, All Day
Venue: York Castle Museum

Tales from the Trail: Sixties 
Times will be advertised at the museum on the day

Included in general admission 

Step back into the 1960s for another exciting Tales from the Trail story! 

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Roman Treasure Hunt – Fri 30 May 2025

Roman Treasure Hunt

Date: Friday 30 May 2025, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Venue:

A Roman treasure hunt

30 May 2025

10am-3pm

A free activity for families spread across the city, from the Yorkshire Museum to DIG in St Saviourgate. Participants will help save Eboracum from disaster, whilst learning about life in Roman York.

 

The trails runs 24-25 May, and 28-30 May from 10am to 3pm.

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Making Mosaics – Sat 31 May 2025

Making Mosaics

Date: Saturday 31 May 2025, All Day
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Making Mosaics
31 May 2025 | Included in general admission | Book now

Make a mosaic inspired by our beautiful Roman mosaic at the Yorkshire Museum in this fun and informal drop in workshop suitable for all the family. 

Suitable for all ages. Drop-in throughout the day.

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Meet Me at The Yorkshire Museum – Sat 31 May 2025

Meet Me at The Yorkshire Museum

Date: Saturday 31 May 2025, All Day
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Meet Me at The Yorkshire Museum
31 May 2025 | Included in general admission | Book now

Ever wanted to run into a Roman? 

This is YOUR invitation to …. 

…….. MEET ME AT THE YORKSHIRE! 

Suitable for all ages.
Short stories, music, games and object handling throughout the day. Times will be advertised at the Museum. 

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Tales from the Trail: Kirkgate – Sat 31 May 2025

Tales from the Trail: Kirkgate

Date: Saturday 31 May 2025, All Day
Venue: York Castle Museum

Tales from the Trail: Kirkgate 
Times will be advertised at the museum on the day

Included in general admission 

Do you know your grocer’s from your greengrocer’s?
Hardware from haberdasher’s?
Confectioner’s from chemist’s? ……. ( hope so!)
Prepare for silliness, stories and urgent shopping with our Kirkgate characters. Pick up a copy of our free Time Travellers Trail at the ticket desk so you can get involved too!
Two slightly madcap Victorian characters will be on Kirkgate at various times during the days to interact with each other and with the visitors. Short scenes take place, each concerning a story or a bit of fun about objects to be purchased from the shops of Kirkgate, all belonging within our Time Travellers museum trail.

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The art of butter-making – Sat 31 May 2025

The art of butter-making

Date: Saturday 31 May 2025, 10:30 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum

Sessions will be throughout the day on Saturday 24th, Thursday 29th and 31st May 2025 | 10:30am-4pm
Included in the general admission tickets 

 

Find out how butter was made at home in live demonstrations throughout the day.

You might even get the chance to churn some yourself!

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Harland Miller Gallery Late – Thu 5 Jun 2025

Harland Miller Gallery Late

Date: Thursday 5 June 2025, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Harland Miller Gallery Late
Thursday 5 June 2025
6pm – 9pm | £20
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Explore our latest exhibition ‘Harland Miller: XXX’ after hours.  

Join us for drop-in creative workshops and thought-provoking activities celebrating the exhibition, including printing with Thin Ice Press and poetry writing with Rise Up. 

Grab a drink and unwind at the Sketch Cafe Bar and enjoy the evening accompanied by a live DJ set. 

Don’t miss out on this vibrant night! 

This event is 18+ and is expected to be a busy and louder event. 

Workshops: 

Letters across time in the Foyer with Thin Ice Press
Harland Miller is inspired by the intricate beauty of medieval illuminated letters, and by the bold shapes and forms of twentieth century typography. This fun workshop brings together the past and present of decorated letters. You will get hands on to print your own typographic X, and have the opportunity to personalise it through hand colouring and adaptation, creating a beautiful and engaging souvenir. 

Drop in poster printing in the Studio with Thin Ice Press
Select your background paper and one from a small set of three-letter words composed in wood type then experiment with hand inking in colours inspired by Harland Miller’s vibrant palettes. All participants will leave with their unique hand-printed A3 poster. 

Space for speculation – a poetry workshop in the Gallery with Rise Up!
Join poets Nicky Kippax and Elizabeth Chadwick Pywell for an ekphrastic poetry workshop.  There will be chance to study Miller’s artworks up close and create your own poem in response to his unique exploration of language and colour. Bring your notebook, pen and a sense of adventure. No previous experience of writing poetry is required.  

Nicky Kippax and Elizabeth Chadwick-Pywell are poets from York. They co-host the monthly poetry night, Rise Up! which is held at Bluebird Bakery in Acomb on the last Wednesday of the month. They are both Northern Writers’ Award winners and are widely published in journals, magazines and anthologies. To find out more, visit www.bluebirdbakery.co.uk/rise

Please note the poetry workshop will be repeated throughout the evening, each with limited capacity. Visitors can sign up at the event to join a workshop. 

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Txt – letterpress workshop – Sun 8 Jun 2025

Txt - letterpress workshop

Date: Sunday 8 June 2025, 10:30 am - 1:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Txt
Sunday 8 June 2025
10.30am – 1.30pm | £40
Book now | SOLD OUT

A letterpress workshop delivered by Thin Ice Press.

In recent works, especially Hz So Good and R U OK (both 2022), Harland Miller has played with the snappy, abbreviated forms of txt speak or ‘platespeak’ (the language of personalised number plates). In this workshop, we will do the same, stripping words down to their essential components. Participants will learn the basics of letterpress, and will hand set metal type in order to create a snappy txt abbreviation or communication. All participants will go home with a set of unique A5 prints, showcasing the results of their work.

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Life Drawing – Model as Muse – Sat 14 Jun 2025

Life Drawing - Model as Muse

Date: Saturday 14 June 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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