Enjoy a variety of family-friendly and adult events at York Castle Museum throughout the year.

Events - 29 May 25

Tales from the Trail: Kirkgate – Thu 29 May 2025

Tales from the Trail: Kirkgate

Date: Thursday 29 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 

Do you know your grocer’s from your greengrocer’s?
Hardware from haberdasher’s?
Confectioner’s from chemist’s? ……. ( hope so!)
Prepare for silliness, stories and urgent shopping with our Kirkgate characters. Pick up a copy of our free Time Travellers Trail at the ticket desk so you can get involved too!
Two slightly madcap Victorian characters will be on Kirkgate at various times during the days to interact with each other and with the visitors. Short scenes take place, each concerning a story or a bit of fun about objects to be purchased from the shops of Kirkgate, all belonging within our Time Travellers museum trail.

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The art of butter-making – Thu 29 May 2025

The art of butter-making

Date: Thursday 29 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!

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