Waves of Change Thursday 14 May 2026 Performance starts 3.30pm Included in general admission Enjoy a live 20-minute movement performance created by York St John BA Hons Acting and Theatre students in response to the Making Waves exhibition. Drawing inspiration from the flowing lines, shifting rhythms, and layered perspectives of Japanese woodblock prints, the work […]

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Creative Families  Saturday 16 May 2026  Drop in between | 10.30am – 3.30pm  Included in general admission to the Yorkshire Museum  Suitable for all ages  Get hands-on in an artist-led creative workshop where you’ll make your own Roman mosaic, inspired by the Yorkshire Museum’s Four Seasons Mosaic exhibit. 

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Castle Kitchen: Prison Food Saturday 16 May 2026 Drop in between 10.30am – 4pm Suitable for all ages | Included in general admission The museum is housed in a former prison and as well as visiting the recreated cells on your visit you can watch demonstrations of prison food being made. Gruel anyone?!    

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Uncomfortable York Tour: Hidden Histories from Eboracum to the Present Saturday 16 May 2026 11am – 12.30pm Meet outside Bennett’s Cafe & Bistro, 30-32 High Petergate, York, YO1 7EH  Adults £16, Students and Seniors (65+) £12, Young Person (12-17 years) £10, Under 12s FREE | Book Tickets *  Suitable for all ages Uncomfortable York Tour takes you beyond the […]

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Uncomfortable York Tour: Hidden Histories from Eboracum to the Present Saturday 23 May 2026 11am – 12.30pm Meet outside Bennett’s Cafe & Bistro, 30-32 High Petergate, York, YO1 7EH  Adults £16, Students and Seniors (65+) £12, Young Person (12-17 years) £10, Under 12s FREE | Book Tickets *  Suitable for all ages Uncomfortable York Tour takes you beyond the […]

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Uncomfortable York Tour: Hidden Histories from Eboracum to the Present Saturday 30 May 2026 11am – 12.30pm Meet outside Bennett’s Cafe & Bistro, 30-32 High Petergate, York, YO1 7EH  Adults £16, Students and Seniors (65+) £12, Young Person (12-17 years) £10, Under 12s FREE | Book Tickets *  Suitable for all ages Uncomfortable York Tour takes you beyond the […]

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York Health and Arts Mela: Multi-Cultural Health and Arts Festival Sunday 17 May 2026  |  10.00am-5.00pm  York Museum Gardens Free Entry The award-winning York Health & Arts Mela is a free event open to anyone who wants to learn more about NHS services, voluntary sector services and the arts and performing sector. This vibrant and diverse […]

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Community Birdwatch Wednesday 20 May 2026 10:30-11:30am Free, donations encouraged Suitable for all ages York Museum Gardens Join Isabelle, a member of the Gardens Team for a community bird watch to spot some of the various bird species in the Museum Gardens. Please meet at the bird feeding station next to the Rock Garden. As […]

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Gallery Babies Thursday 21 May 2026, 10am – 12pm Free | Pre-booking required | Sold Out  Burton Gallery Drop-in sensory play sessions every Thursday during term-time, for pre-walking babies and their grown-ups, set in the atmospheric surroundings of York Art Gallery. Using our beautiful sensory toolkit, a collection of colourful squishy sculptural objects, sessions will […]

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Shakespeare and Rome Friday 22 May 2026 1:30pm – 1.55pm | 3pm – 3.25pm Included in general admission to the Yorkshire Museum | Book Tickets Suitable for all ages Celebrating York’s Roman history, inspired by Roman objects in the Yorkshire Museum, and performed on the historic mosaic floor, this short play ‘Friends, Romans, Yorkshiremen, Shakespeare, […]

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