Date: Tuesday 30 September 2025, 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Venue: York Museum Gardens

Learn about the initiatives and interventions York Museums Trust’s Gardens Team have made to make their busy public garden more wildlife friendly. Take a tour around over 10 acres of grounds, discovering inspiration for your own garden or workplace green spaces.

You’ll learn about climate change and biodiversity, discover the importance of insects for the food chain and how to manage your green space throughout the seasons to create wildlife habitat, and adopt a new perspective with some native weeds.

Suited to people aged 12+ with an interest in making green spaces more wildlife friendly. Under 16’s must be accompanied by and adult.

Meet on the hard standing in front of the entrance to the Yorkshire Museum.

Booking required. A booking link will be made available soon on the York Environment Festival website. Curious & Creative Gardening Tour: Wildlife-Friendly Museum Gardens – York Environment Festival

Please note: This event is weather dependant. If adverse weather conditions cause this event to be cancelled, ticket holders will be notified.

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Date: Wednesday 1 October 2025, 2:00 pm-2:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

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Date: Thursday 2 October 2025, 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Yorkshire Museum Late: Viking North

02 October 2025 | 6 – 9pm | £20 per person | Ages 18+
Book tickets here

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.

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Date: Thursday 9 October 2025, 11:00 am-12:00 pm
Venue: York Museum Gardens

Learn about the initiatives and interventions York Museums Trust’s Gardens Team have made to make their busy public garden more wildlife friendly. Take a tour around over 10 acres of grounds, discovering inspiration for your own garden or workplace green spaces.

You’ll learn about climate change and biodiversity, discover the importance of insects for the food chain and how to manage your green space throughout the seasons to create wildlife habitat, and adopt a new perspective with some native weeds.

Suited to people aged 12+ with an interest in making green spaces more wildlife friendly. Under 16’s must be accompanied by and adult.

Meet on the hard standing in front of the entrance to the Yorkshire Museum.

Booking required. A booking link will be made available soon on the York Environment Festival website : Curious & Creative Gardening Tour: Wildlife-Friendly Museum Gardens – York Environment Festival

Please note: This event is weather dependant. If adverse weather conditions cause this event to be cancelled, ticket holders will be notified.

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Date: Thursday 9 October 2025, 4:30 pm-6:30 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Viking North: Primary School Teachers’ CPD Event
9 October 2025
4.30 – 6.30pm | Free | Suitable for teachers, teaching assistants and support staff
Booking essential. Spaces limited, register now

Discover ways of bringing the story of Viking England to life in the classroom in this new CPD workshop for Primary School educators at Yorkshire Museum.

Enjoy a tour of the new Viking North exhibition, handle original Viking artefacts, and learn about the activities and resources that we can offer schools at the Yorkshire Museum. You’ll also get to hear about some exciting upcoming projects.

Tea, coffee and cake will be served at this event.

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Date: Saturday 11 October 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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Date: Wednesday 15 October 2025, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
Venue: York Museum Gardens

Learn about the initiatives and interventions York Museums Trust’s Gardens Team have made to make their busy public garden more wildlife friendly. Take a tour around over 10 acres of grounds, discovering inspiration for your own garden or workplace green spaces.

You’ll learn about climate change and biodiversity, discover the importance of insects for the food chain and how to manage your green space throughout the seasons to create wildlife habitat, and adopt a new perspective with some native weeds.

Suited to people aged 12+ with an interest in making green spaces more wildlife friendly. Under 16’s must be accompanied by and adult.

Meet on the hard standing in front of the entrance to the Yorkshire Museum.

Booking required. A booking link will be made available soon on the York Environment Festival website. Curious & Creative Gardening Tour: Wildlife-Friendly Museum Gardens – York Environment Festival

Please note: This event is weather dependant. If adverse weather conditions cause this event to be cancelled, ticket holders will be notified.

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Date: Wednesday 15 October 2025, 2:00 pm-2:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

Joanne Coates is a visual artist from North of England whose work explores rural working class identity, ecological change, and class politics. Her practice is grounded in photography, installation, and collaboration with communities across the UK. Coates has received international recognition including the Jerwood/Photoworks Award, the Hopper Prize, and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art’s Vasseur Artist Award. In 2024, she was appointed Election Artist by the Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art for the House of Commons. Her work continues to focus on a gendered perspective of overlooked voices in rural Britain questioning the visibility, labour, and power.

Talk is included in General Admission.

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Date: Saturday 18 October 2025, All Day
Venue: York Castle Museum

Saturday 18 October 2025 | Throughout the day | Included in general admission 

Watch live cooking demonstrations throughout the day in our studio kitchen.

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Date: Sunday 19 October 2025, 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Venue: York Art Gallery

10.30am – 12.30pm, free

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