Team Working to Support Whitby Museum – Dieter Hopkin
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.
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A Better Together Campaign? – Eloise Donnelly
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.
York Museums Trust at the Yorkshire Fossil Festival 2014 – Sarah King
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.
Ask the Expert Q&A 24 October – Roman Yorkshire with Adam Parker
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.
Ask the Expert Q&A 25 September: Museums and the National Curriculum – Liz Denton, Museum Development Officer
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.
Building Solutions… An Update on the Redevelopment of York Art Gallery – Lorna Sergeant
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.
A Dog’s Life: Martin Theodore Ward – Simon Spier
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.
John Bell and the 1866 Yorkshire Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition Medal – Simon Spier
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.
Finding the Value – Art Lives on Whilst the Gallery is Redeveloped – Fiona Green
Whilst we all readily await the grand opening of the gallery next year, please do not forget that York visitors and residents can get their artistic fixes at York St Mary’s which is hosting the exhibition Finding the Value where contemporary artists explore aspects of the Madsen Collection.
Ask the Expert Q&A 25 September: Liz Denton
Liz Denton will be answering your questions on the implications for Museums of the new National Curriculum on Thursday 25 September between 3-4pm.
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- York Museums Trust launch Creative Conversation Box Loan Scheme to support people with memory loss and social isolation
- Summer at York Castle Museum 2025
