Events

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Summer Holiday Events

Events for Adults brochure - new for 2008/9
Click here to download our new Events for Adults brochure which covers events up until August 2009 here at York Castle Museum, as well as York Art Gallery and the Yorkshire Museum and Gardens.

Summer Holiday Events

Weapons of Law and Order

20 July - 7 September - selected days to be confirmed

A replica 18th Century pistol will be fired on selected days throughout the summer holidays. Other weapons used to maintain law and order in the 18th and 19th centuries, including police cutlasses and militia muskets will also be shown. The exact days and times of the demonstrations will be published here as soon as they become available.#

Costumed Characters

Kirkgate Victorian Street

Every Tuesday, 21 July - 25 August

Wander into our Victorian Street, Kirkgate, this summer and discover some Victorian characters who need a helping hand. Summer is a busy time in Kirkgate, and some of the residents are struggling to get all their jobs done. Can you help find the items of their shopping list? Get everything right and you may be rewarded with a special treat.

A Taste of Prison

18 July - 7 September - all day, every day

York Castle Museum was once an 18th century prison. Come and discover what food might have been on offer if you were a prisoner. Was it just gruel or something nicer? Would you have liked it?

Gorgeous Georgians - Georgian Dressing Up

18 July - 7 September - all day, every day

Imagine life as a Georgian, where getting dressed into one set of clothes was a daily and difficult task. Try on some clothes and see how hard it was to become a follower of fashion in the Georgian era.