Dates: Saturday 28 March 2026–Sunday 31 May 2026, 10:00 am-5:00 pm
Venue: York Museum Gardens

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Date: Thursday 14 May 2026, 3:30 pm-4:00 pm
Venue:

Waves of Change
Thursday 14 May 2026
Performance starts 3.30pm
Included in general admission

Enjoy a live 20-minute movement performance created by York St John BA Hons Acting and Theatre students in response to the Making Waves exhibition.

Drawing inspiration from the flowing lines, shifting rhythms, and layered perspectives of Japanese woodblock prints, the work explores how small movements ripple outward into collective transformation. Through sculptural stillness, surging dynamics, and ensemble connection, Waves of Change invites audiences to consider the power of motion and how it gathers, evolves, and reshapes the world around us.

Meet in the Making Waves exhibition on the ground floor, booking is not required.

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Date: Saturday 16 May 2026, 10:30 am-4:00 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum

Castle Kitchen: Prison Food
Saturday 16 May 2026
Drop in between 10.30am – 4pm
Suitable for all ages | Included in general admission

The museum is housed in a former prison and as well as visiting the recreated cells on your visit you can watch demonstrations of prison food being made. Gruel anyone?!

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Date: Saturday 16 May 2026, 10:30 am-3:30 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Creative Families 
Saturday 16 May 2026 
Drop in between | 10.30am – 3.30pm 
Included in general admission to the Yorkshire Museum 
Suitable for all ages 

Get hands-on in an artist-led creative workshop where you’ll make your own Roman mosaic, inspired by the Yorkshire Museum’s Four Seasons Mosaic exhibit. 

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Date: Saturday 16 May 2026, 11:00 am-12:30 pm
Venue:

Uncomfortable York Tour: Hidden Histories from Eboracum to the Present
Saturday 16 May 2026
11am – 12.30pm
Meet outside Bennett’s Cafe & Bistro, 30-32 High Petergate, York, YO1 7EH 
Adults £16, Students and Seniors (65+) £12, Young Person (12-17 years) £10, Under 12s FREE | Book Tickets * 
Suitable for all ages

Uncomfortable York Tour takes you beyond the usual guided tours of York, revealing the city through untold perspectives, highlighting the lives and impact of women, people of colour and LGBTQIA+ individuals across its history.

As you explore the city centre, you’ll trace York’s evolution from early settlement to medieval powerhouse and industrial hub, uncovering the hidden narratives behind its familiar streets. Researched and delivered by academic historians, this tour invites you to see York not just as a historic English city, but as a dynamic and globally connected urban centre.

*Discount code UNYORK-FEST2026 gives 50% off individual tickets for tour dates during the Roman Festival.

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Date: Saturday 16 May 2026, 11:00 am-12:30 pm
Venue:

Uncomfortable York Tour: Hidden Histories from Eboracum to the Present
Saturday 23 May 2026
11am – 12.30pm
Meet outside Bennett’s Cafe & Bistro, 30-32 High Petergate, York, YO1 7EH 
Adults £16, Students and Seniors (65+) £12, Young Person (12-17 years) £10, Under 12s FREE | Book Tickets * 
Suitable for all ages

Uncomfortable York Tour takes you beyond the usual guided tours of York, revealing the city through untold perspectives, highlighting the lives and impact of women, people of colour and LGBTQIA+ individuals across its history.

As you explore the city centre, you’ll trace York’s evolution from early settlement to medieval powerhouse and industrial hub, uncovering the hidden narratives behind its familiar streets. Researched and delivered by academic historians, this tour invites you to see York not just as a historic English city, but as a dynamic and globally connected urban centre.

*Discount code UNYORK-FEST2026 gives 50% off individual tickets for tour dates during the Roman Festival.

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Date: Saturday 16 May 2026, 11:00 am-12:30 pm
Venue:

Uncomfortable York Tour: Hidden Histories from Eboracum to the Present
Saturday 30 May 2026
11am – 12.30pm
Meet outside Bennett’s Cafe & Bistro, 30-32 High Petergate, York, YO1 7EH 
Adults £16, Students and Seniors (65+) £12, Young Person (12-17 years) £10, Under 12s FREE | Book Tickets * 
Suitable for all ages

Uncomfortable York Tour takes you beyond the usual guided tours of York, revealing the city through untold perspectives, highlighting the lives and impact of women, people of colour and LGBTQIA+ individuals across its history.

As you explore the city centre, you’ll trace York’s evolution from early settlement to medieval powerhouse and industrial hub, uncovering the hidden narratives behind its familiar streets. Researched and delivered by academic historians, this tour invites you to see York not just as a historic English city, but as a dynamic and globally connected urban centre.

*Discount code UNYORK-FEST2026 gives 50% off individual tickets for tour dates during the Roman Festival.

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Date: Sunday 17 May 2026, 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

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Date: Sunday 17 May 2026, 10:00 am-5:00 pm
Venue: York Museum Gardens

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Date: Wednesday 20 May 2026, 10:30 am-11:30 am
Venue: York Museum Gardens

Community Birdwatch
Wednesday 20 May 2026
10:30-11:30am
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.

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