“Freeze frame movement” – a Song Box Discovery session for 3 – 6 year olds with their families, at CoCA, York’s Centre of Ceramic Art, part of York Art Gallery. Join Thea on a multi sensory safari, exploring the secret world of studio ceramics. Working in very small groups, Thea will share her lively fascination […]

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Join us this half term to help the Yorkshire Museum prepare for the brand new exhibition coming in May 2017 – Viking: Rediscover the Legend. See real Viking objects and hear the stories behind them from our resident ‘Viking’. Admission applies, no need to book.

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Join us this half term to help the Yorkshire Museum prepare for the brand new exhibition coming in May 2017 – Viking: Rediscover the Legend. Learn how to arrange and display your own exhibition of replica objects in our ‘Curator’s Corner’. How will you display the items and what will you say about them? Then […]

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Our ceramic art collection is hiding all kinds of creatures this half term! Go wild in our studio and create your own creature out of air hardening clay. Admission applies, no need to book.

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“Freeze frame movement” – a Song Box Discovery session for 3 – 6 year olds with their families, at CoCA, York’s Centre of Ceramic Art, part of York Art Gallery. Join Thea on a multi sensory safari, exploring the secret world of studio ceramics. Working in very small groups, Thea will share her lively fascination […]

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Our ceramic art collection is hiding all kinds of creatures this half term! Become a jungle explorer as you search CoCA (Centre of Ceramic Art) to find animals, birds and fantastic beasts hidden among our collections. 50p per trail (admission applies), no need to book.

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Join us this half term to help the Yorkshire Museum prepare for the brand new exhibition coming in May 2017 – Viking: Rediscover the Legend. Follow the trail to find our seven Viking characters hidden around the museum. Look out for Erik, Thora, Snorri and more amongst our collection to uncover the Viking word and […]

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Come along this half term for delicious demos, scrumptious sweet-decorating and to produce pretty packaging ahead of the new chocolate experience opening in April – Chocolate: York’s Sweet Past. Be inspired by the sweets and chocolate packaging of the past from the museum’s collection and make your own version to take home! Admission applies, no […]

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Come along this half term for delicious demos, scrumptious sweet-decorating and to produce pretty packaging ahead of the new chocolate experience opening in April – Chocolate: York’s Sweet Past. Discover the story of sugar moulding and watch sugar plate-making being demonstrated. There will be the opportunity to mould and stamp your own designs and decorate […]

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Do you have a favourite ‘Viking’ helmet, toy or book? Bring it along and tell our curators about it! They might even include your story in our major new Viking exhibition which opens in May. Just drop in any time from 11am to 3pm. Free, museum admission does not apply. No need to book.

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