Back in 2011, Peter Madsen bequeathed all his belongings to York Museum Trust. Unbeknown to the Trust, This included his estate and his huge collection of artwork, ranging from furniture to paintings.
When Peter Madsen left his estate and art collection to York Museum Trust in 2011 no one could have predicated the insightful exhibition that developed from his bequest.
Museum Development work often involves working quite closely with a client museum and using a variety of skills and resources to support them in their organizational growth.
While the historic Scottish referendum at the end of last month may have put our differences under the spotlight, it was also a chance to think about some of the things we have in common with our friends north of the border.
A couple of weeks ago, Natural Sciences decamped to the seaside for the weekend, for the inaugural Yorkshire Fossil Festival. This was held outside the Rotunda Museum, not far from the seafront.
Adam Parker, Assistant-Curator of Archaeology at the Yorkshire Museum will be answering your questions on Roman Yorkshire on Friday 24 October 2014 between 3-4pm BST.
Liz Denton, Museum Development Officer, will be answering your questions on the implications for Museums of the new National Curriculum on Thursday 25 September between 3-4pm.
The Art Gallery building continues to grow and change, as work progresses I have shown you images and glimpses of scaffold (lots of it!) steel work, brickwork, muddy holes, demolished floors, walls and new gallery spaces.
Martin Theodore Ward (c.1799-1874) trained to paint animals under Edwin Landseer (1802-1873) – the man widely accepted as one of the greatest animal artists in history – but more of a rake’s progress than a monarch of the glen, his artistic credibility was tightly tied to a self-destructive personality.
The well-known Birmingham based medallist Thomas Ottley struck the prize medal for the 1866 Yorkshire Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition, as has been the case for many national and international exhibitions beforehand.
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