Date: Saturday 24 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
Date: Saturday 24 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
Date: Saturday 24 May 2025, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Venue:
A Roman treasure hunt
24 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.
Date: Saturday 24 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!
Dates: Saturday 24 May 2025–Saturday 31 May 2025, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Venue: DIG
24 – 31 May 2025 | 11 am – 3pm | DIG | £3 per person, pay on arrival | DIG website
Inspired by real Roman objects, this drop-in craft allows you to make your own Roman face pot. Fragments of at least 50 of these pots have been found in York, ranging from jars with simple facial features added into the clay, to fully sculpted head-shaped urns, complete with intricate hairstyles. Despite finding so many, archaeologists don’t quite know why they were made, but there are lots of theories!
Come along to learn more about these fascinating finds and let your imagination take over whilst designing your own face pot.
£3.00 per person, pay on arrival.
Join us at DIG during the Eboracum Roman Festival and explore all things Roman! Get up close with real 2000-year-old finds on your DIG tour and explore 40 years of Roman archaeology from across York in our galleries, giving exciting glimpses into life and death in a bustling Roman city. It is also your last chance to see the ‘Soundmarks’ exhibition, where soundscapes and visual art come together and invite you to imagine the possibilities of past worlds, all inspired by Roman archaeological discoveries. You can learn more about Soundmarks here: Soundmarks.
Date: Saturday 24 May 2025, 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum
Roman Coins in Everyday Use with David Michaels
24 May 2025 | 1pm – 1.30pm | Discovery Den, Yorkshire Museum | Free, booking required | Book Now
As most people know, Roman soldiers founded and settled Eboracum, the ancient name for York. But how much were they paid, and how did they live on their wages? What kinds of food, clothes, lodging and luxury goods could they buy? Numismatist David Michaels of Classical Numismatic Group, in the guise of Senior Centurion Titus Flavius Crispus of Legio VI Victrix, along with his purse-managing wife Pompeia Pulchra (Lorie Rodrigues), will answer these questions and more in a 30-minute presentation at the Eboracum Roman Festival. The presentation includes an opportunity to handle real Roman coins from the Yorkshire Museum collection.
Date: Sunday 25 May 2025, All Day
Venue: Yorkshire Museum
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.
Date: Sunday 25 May 2025, All Day
Venue: Yorkshire Museum
Join us at the museum and be captivated and amazed with great Roman stories such as…
Short stories, suitable for all ages, times will be advertised at the Museum.
Date: Sunday 25 May 2025, All Day
Venue: York Castle Museum
Included in general admission
Date: Sunday 25 May 2025, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Venue:
A Roman treasure hunt
25 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.
Date: Sunday 25 May 2025, 10:30 am - 1:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery
Colour
Sunday 25 May 2025
10.30am – 1.30pm | £40
Book here | SOLD OUT
A letterpress workshop delivered by Thin Ice Press.
Colour is crucial to Harland Miller’s art. He has suggested, for instance, that ‘pink … suggests levity, the same subject in green has more gravity’. Join us for a fun workshop on colour and its impacts. Participants will create a set of keywords in wood type, and we will print them in multiple colours, playing with meaning, visual effect, and emotion. All participants will go home with a set of A3 posters, celebrating what colour can do, and how Miller’s work helps us to experience it differently.
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