Date: Thursday 28 August 2025, 10:30 am-3:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery
Creative Family Thursdays!
28 August 2025
10.30am – 3.30pm | Included in general admission
Join us with all the family on Thursdays during the school holidays for artist run creative workshops inspired by our collections and exhibitions.
Drop in anytime, no need to book.
Suitable for families of all ages, under 18’s must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
Date: Friday 29 August 2025, 10:30 am-3:30 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum
Flight of the Birds – Puppet Making
29 August 2025
10.30am – 3.30pm | Included in general admission
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Inspired by Summer at York Castle Museum and the spectacular bird of prey displays at Victorian galas, design and make your own bird puppet with Hoglets Theatre Company. Take flight and show off your creation in one of our bird parades throughout the day! We’ll provide all the materials and instructions you need to create. This is a drop in activity for all ages, join anytime during your visit.
Date: Friday 29 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.
Date: Saturday 30 August 2025, All Day
Venue: York Castle Museum
Phineas Fickletickle Totally Tremendous Time Travelling Tincture
30 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.
Date: Sunday 31 August 2025, All Day
Venue: York Castle Museum
Sunday Sounds: Live Music at the Castle Museum – The Ran Tanners
31 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.
The Ran Tanners are a pair of roving miscreants who (when not doing hard labour in chokey or dodging the pressgang), play the traditional music of Georgian and Victorian England using Fiddles, Bagpipes and Squeezeboxes.
Date: Sunday 31 August 2025, 10:30 am-3:30 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum
Summer at York Castle Museum: Gala Flower Making Workshop
31 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.
Date: Wednesday 3 September 2025, 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery
1:30pm-3:30pm, £5 per person (capacity: 20)
Pick up a pencil – draw and discover!
Give yourself time to sharpen and share your drawing skills in this two-hour sketching workshop with artist Griselda Goldsbrough.
Enjoy working in sketchbooks in a relaxed and friendly group, taking inspiration from the collections at York Art Gallery. Materials provided.
These informal practical art sessions are for adults only (16+) and are suitable for absolute beginners or those who create regularly.
Sessions will run on one Wednesday each month (Please book separately for each session).
Date: Wednesday 10 September 2025, 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum
Yorkshire Museum Late: Viking North
10 September 2025 | 6 – 9pm | £20 per person | Ages 18+
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Explore our latest exhibition ‘Viking North’ after hours.
Join us for Viking themed games, music, creative workshops and live performance from History Riot celebrating the incredible ‘Viking North’ exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum.
Grab a drink with Sketch Bar and enjoy the evening accompanied by a live DJ.
Don’t miss out on this exciting night!
This event is 18+ and is expected to be a busy and louder event.
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.
Dates: Friday 24 October 2025–Sunday 2 November 2025, 5:00 pm-9:00 pm
Venue: York Museum Gardens
Echoes of Yorkshire: The Museum Illuminated
24 October – 2 November 2025
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Light, colour and music surround you at the extraordinary light and sound installation created by internationally acclaimed Luxmuralis in the York Museum Gardens this autumn. Immerse yourself in the story of the historic site with contemporary light and music showcasing the Yorkshire Museum’s age-defining artefacts and extraordinary exhibits. Join us to celebrate all that the museum and its gardens bring to our city and the wider north of England.
Perfect for the whole family, experience the gardens’ history from the Roman period to its time as an Abbey, and discover the Yorkshire Museum collection spanning 60 million years from the Jurassic, the Mesolithic, through to the Romans, Viking, Anglo-Saxon and Medieval. Luxmuralis is all about fine art, light and sound reflecting closely on the history and heritage of places and weaves together the contemporary and the ancient, making York Museum Gardens the perfect location for such a show!
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