Platespeak Sunday 13 July 2025 10.30am – 1.30pm | £40 Book now  A letterpress workshop delivered by Thin Ice Press. In recent works, especially Hz So Good and R U OK (both 2022), Harland Miller has played with the snappy, abbreviated forms of txt speak or ‘platespeak’ (the language of personalised number plates). In this […]

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 1:30pm-3:30pm, £5 per person (capacity: 20) Book here Tickets will become available approximately a month in advance. Pick up a pencil – draw and discover! Give yourself time to sharpen and share your drawing skills in this two-hour sketching workshop with artist Griselda Goldsbrough. Enjoy working in sketchbooks in a relaxed and friendly group, taking inspiration […]

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York Castle Museum Kitchen: A feast of flowers 19 July 2025 Throughout the day | Included in general admission Book tickets As part of our summer celebrating York galas of the past, which were full of floral displays, watch live cookery demonstrations that use edible flowers, some from our own Museum Gardens. There’ll be tasters […]

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Phineas Fickletickle Totally Tremendous Time Travelling Tincture 19 July 2025 Three performances per day | Included in general admission Book tickets Join totally trustworthy Edwardian salesman Phineas Fickletickle at the York Gala Fair this summer as he (accidentally) attempts time-travel! Help him to visit York in Medieval times, Georgian times and even the 1960s! An […]

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Gala Poster Printing 19 July – 31 August Throughout the day | Included in general admission Book tickets Be inspired by Summer at York Castle Museum and the beautiful posters from Victorian galas and fairs to create your own amazing poster! We’ll provide all the materials and instructions you need to get creative. This is […]

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Sunday Sounds: Live Music at the Castle Museum – The Ran Tanners 20 July 2025 Performances throughout the day | Included in general admission Book tickets Join us on Sunday at York Castle Museum for live music from the past. The Ran Tanners are a pair of roving miscreants who (when not doing hard labour […]

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Meet me at the Yorkshire Museum: Viking North Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays from 20 July – 29 August 2025 11am – 4pm | Included in general admission | Suitable for all ages Book now There are only two seasons in the Viking world. Summer and Winter. It is winter. Night and day are dark and […]

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Silly History Boys Circus Skills 22 July 2025 10.30am – 4pm | Included in general admission Book tickets The Silly History Boys will be delighting us with circus fun. Watch their silly antics and daring acts, then have a go yourself outside in the yard.

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Meet me at the Yorkshire Museum: Viking North Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays from 20 July – 29 August 2025 11am – 4pm | Included in general admission | Suitable for all ages Book now There are only two seasons in the Viking world. Summer and Winter. It is winter. Night and day are dark and […]

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Phineas Fickletickle Totally Tremendous Time Travelling Tincture 23 July 2025 Three performances per day | Included in general admission Book tickets Join totally trustworthy Edwardian salesman Phineas Fickletickle at the York Gala Fair this summer as he (accidentally) attempts time-travel! Help him to visit York in Medieval times, Georgian times and even the 1960s! An […]

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