Date: Saturday 23 May 2026, 10:30 am-2:30 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

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Date: Sunday 24 May 2026, 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Terry Deary: ‘Revolting – a riotous history of rebellions and revolutions’

Sunday 24 May  | 2:00pm

Suitable for ages 16+  | £7.50pp  | Tickets Available Soon

Writer Terry Deary will be talking about his best-selling adult non-fiction titles, ‘Revolting’ and ‘A history of Britain in Ten enemies’. He’ll be focusing especially on entertaining tales from the Roman Republic and the struggles of the victims of Roman oppression. For ages 16+.

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Date: Wednesday 3 June 2026, 12:00 pm-12:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

‘Conservation up Close: Caring for Japanese Woodblock Prints’ with Mhairi Boyle

Wednesday 3 June 2026  |  12 noon

Included in General Admission 

Join Mhairi Boyle for a talk in our Making Waves exhibition. Mhairi Boyle is a conservation professional who focusses on conservation of works on paper. Mhairi carried out conservation treatment on 19 woodblock prints featured in the Making Waves exhibition.

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Date: Sunday 21 June 2026, 10:00 am-12:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Ikebana Floral Design 
Sunday 21 June 2026  | 10am – 12.30pm
£50 pp |  Tickets coming soon
Suitable for ages 16+

Celebrate the summer solstice with this Japanese inspired floral design workshop, equipping you with the practical skills needed to create stunning displays at home.

Learn the main principals of Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, with floral design studio Terra Flora. Create a beautiful bowl display whilst learning about how to work seasonally to make naturalistic florals and botanical installation spaces for occasions and events. You’ll take home your creation and a basic kit to get you started on your floral journey which includes a kenzan (flower pin frog) and a simple display bowl.

A modern approach to using fresh cut flowers, this technique emphasises finding inspiration in the natural world, and, in part demonstrates a modern interpretation of this ancient tradition.

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Date: Wednesday 1 July 2026, 12:00 pm-12:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

 ‘Fresh Cuts: Contemporary Woodblock Printing’ with Gillian Ramsay

Wednesday 1 July 2026  |  12 noon

Included in General Admission

Join Gillian Ramsay for talk in our Making Waves exhibition. Gillian Ramsay is an Assistant Curator at the Durham University Oriental Museum. Gillian’s work focusses on contemporary art, craft and design from the MENA region, East and Southeast Asia.

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Date: Thursday 9 July 2026, 5:00 pm-9:00 pm
Venue: York Museum Gardens

Futuresound’s Live in York Museum Gardens: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Thursday 9 July 2026 | 5pm | York Museum Gardens
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New wave trailblazers, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, will play York Museum Gardens on Thursday 9th July alongside fellow new wave luminaries Heaven 17 and China Crisis, as well as rising star singer-songwriter Andrew Cushin, fresh from supporting the likes of Louis Tomlinson and Noel Gallagher.

Please note: This is not a York Museums Trust event. To purchase tickets and for more information please visit Futuresound’s website.

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Date: Friday 10 July 2026, 5:00 pm
Venue: York Museum Gardens

Futuresound’s Live in York Museum Gardens

Friday 10 July 2026 | 5pm | York Museum Gardens
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Released in April this year, Self Esteem’s third album, A Complicated Woman, follows her critically acclaimed and Mercury Award-nominated sophomore full-length, Prioritise Pleasure. Boundary-breaking, experimental and as awkward as it is awesome; A Complicated Woman finds the artist, a.k.a musician, songwriter and actress Rebecca Lucy Taylor pairing stadium-worthy singalongs with her signature sardonic delivery.

Joining Self Esteem on the night will be South African ‘future ghetto funk’ pioneer Moonchild Sanelly, Nigeria-born now Sweden-based spoken word artist and musician Joshua Idehen and more acts still to be announced.

Please note: This is not a York Museums Trust event. To purchase tickets and for more information please visit the Futuresound’s website

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Date: Saturday 11 July 2026, 12:00 am
Venue: York Musuem Gardens

For more information please see the Futuresounds Website here.

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Date: Saturday 11 July 2026, 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

An Introduction to Mokuhanga
Saturday 11 July 2026  | 10am – 4pm
£60 pp | Tickets coming soon
Suitable for ages 16+ 

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Date: Sunday 12 July 2026, 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

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