29 January 2016 York Residents’ Festival January 30th and 31st Make Roman face pots, try your hand at painting a still life and meet Victorian shop keepers as part of this year’s York Museums Trust events for York Residents’ Festival 2016. Residents with a Valid York Card or York Student Card are invited to York Art Gallery, …
18 January 2016 York Castle Museum has been awarded the highest honour in a vote of best tourist attractions in York, by a local family-friendly magazine. The museum has been announced as Best Attraction in the 2016 Little Vikings awards, as voted by its readers. Thousands of people voted across a number of award categories with York Castle …
18 December 2015 York Castle Museum’s Victorian Christmas Experience events are now completely sold out. We would like to thank all visitors that have booked to attend the events and look forward to welcoming you to the museum over the next few evenings. We are still open every day in the run up to Christmas and …
20 November 2015 Search the loft, under the bed or the back of the wardrobe – York Castle Museum wants those pictures of you or your family in the most fashionable attire of the day – from punks to rockers, hippies to Spice Girl wannabes. Next march the museum is opening a new exhibition called Shaping the Body, looking …
16 November 2015 Primary school children are invited to give history a re-write with a new schools writing competition about those who dwelled in the dark and dingy cells of York Castle Prison. York Castle Museum sits on the site of York Castle Prison, where men and women awaited their fate; release, transportation or death. The powerful, …
9 September 2015 #AskACurator – 16 September 2015 #AskACurator is a fantastic global event in which thousands of curators answer questions online. The 2015 event is on September 16 Our team are gearing up and really keen to get your questions! To get things started we thought we’d get them to ask each other a few puzzlers… Between them, our curators …
York Museums Trust was created as an independent charity to look after the city’s museums, gardens and gallery on behalf of the city. One of our first decisions was to remove the Council levied entrance charge to York Art Gallery making it free to all visitors. Like the protestors on Saturday, we would have …
York Museums Trust is seeking new Trustees to support the organisation’s ambitions and plans in the years ahead. York Museums Trust (YMT) is an independent charity which manages York Castle Museum, Yorkshire Museum and Gardens, York Art Gallery and York St Mary’s on behalf of the City of York Council which owns the …
This Summer, come and enjoy some great events and activities at York Castle Museum, the Yorkshire Museum and York Art Gallery, which reopens on 1 August. At the Yorkshire Museum find out about Jorvik Life and take part in some great Viking activities. Over at York Castle Museum you can find out all about the how …
Following their annual trip to Normandy, Veterans who took part in the biggest seaborne invasion in history will be visiting York Castle Museum to speak to the public about their experiences. A number of Veterans, who are members of the York Normandy Veterans Association, will be attending the museum on Friday June 26th for an …
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