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Votes For Women! A Suffragette March on Kirkgate

Votes For Women! A Suffragette March on Kirkgate

Join our Suffragette on a march down Kirkgate, our recreated Victorian street. Put on a sash, (or a policeman’s helmet if you prefer) make a badge and take up a banner as you join the cause for women’s rights. Be careful you don’t get arrested by the policeman and locked up in our cell! Taking […]

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Museum Monkeys Taster – Birds

Museum Monkeys Taster – Birds

Discover what we have to offer for under 5s in our drop in Museum Monkeys sessions during the York Residents’ Festival. Play with the soft toy birds, listen to the bird sounds, and decorate a bird picture with feathers. Drop-in sessions will take place Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 January 11am – 1pm and 2pm […]

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Residents’ Festival Studio Drop-In

Residents’ Festival Studio Drop-In

Join us in the Studio for practical art activities as part of the York Residents’ Festival 2018. Free with admission, no need to book. York residents can visit York Castle Museum, York Art Gallery and the Yorkshire Museum for FREE on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 January 2018. To claim free entry on either of […]

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Residents’ Festival 2018

Residents’ Festival 2018

As the Big Garden Birdwatch takes place in the York Museum Gardens, join us inside the museum for bird-related craft activities. Create and decorate a beautiful hanging bird which you can either take home or add to our winter tree display in the museum foyer. The activity is available 27 and 28 January, 11am – […]

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Votes For Women! A Suffragette March on Kirkgate

Votes For Women! A Suffragette March on Kirkgate

Join our Suffragette on a march down Kirkgate, our recreated Victorian street. Put on a sash, (or a policeman’s helmet if you prefer) make a badge and take up a banner as you join the cause for women’s rights. Be careful you don’t get arrested by the policeman and locked up in our cell! Drop […]

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The Big Garden Birdwatch

The Big Garden Birdwatch

The Big Garden Birdwatch is fun, free, really easy, and only takes an hour. If you love birds and want to help them, then this is your chance to do something that really counts. Come along to the York Museum Gardens to meet the RSPB and to take part. On Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th […]

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Museum Monkeys Taster – Birds

Museum Monkeys Taster – Birds

Discover what we have to offer for under 5s in our drop in Museum Monkeys sessions during the York Residents’ Festival. Play with the soft toy birds, listen to the bird sounds, and decorate a bird picture with feathers. Drop-in sessions will take place Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 January 11am – 1pm and 2pm […]

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Residents’ Festival Studio Drop-In

Residents’ Festival Studio Drop-In

Join us in the Studio for practical art activities as part of the York Residents’ Festival 2018. Free with admission, no need to book. York residents can visit York Castle Museum, York Art Gallery and the Yorkshire Museum for FREE on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 January 2018. To claim free entry on either of […]

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Residents’ Festival 2018

Residents’ Festival 2018

As the Big Garden Birdwatch takes place in the York Museum Gardens, join us inside the museum for bird-related craft activities. Create and decorate a beautiful hanging bird which you can either take home or add to our winter tree display in the museum foyer. The activity is available 27 and 28 January, 11am – […]

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Early Years Explorers – Medieval

Early Years Explorers – Medieval

Early Years Explorers – Activities for children aged two to five years old which include songs, stories, games and craft activities. Sessions are based on familiar preschool play areas, which are enhanced to help children learn about the museum’s collections and exhibitions through play. Sessions are a mixture of free flow and adult led activities […]

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