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Scrooge: A One Man Performance

Scrooge: A One Man Performance

Scrooge: A One Man Performance Monday 18 December 4 x 25 mins performances throughout the day. Ebeneezer Scrooge joins us at the Castle Museum this festive season, to take you on a journey of redemption, generosity and joy, in an immersive one-man show of the classic tale of A Christmas Carol. Included in museum admission, […]

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Christmas ‘Tails’ from the Museum Mice!

Christmas ‘Tails’ from the Museum Mice!

Christmas ‘Tails’ from the Museum Mice! Wednesday 20 December 11:30 12:00 13:30 14:00 With Story Craft Theatre York Castle Museum is home to lots of enchanting objects with their own stories to tell, but did you know that it is also home to the wonderful Museum Mice? Our cute little friends are busy in preparation […]

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Green Father Christmas

Green Father Christmas

Green Father Christmas Saturday 23 December Father Christmas will be at York Castle Museum every weekend throughout December until Christmas Eve, with performances throughout the day. A figure the Victorians may have known well, Father Christmas at the Castle Museum will be the green-clad, white-bearded man known for bringing fun and jollity to Christmas, talking […]

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Let’s Get Creative – Drawing Rules (and how to break them)

Let’s Get Creative – Drawing Rules (and how to break them)

Drop-in between 11am and 3pm Suitable for all ages and abilities Included in exhibition entry cost Book exhibition tickets here Join artist Jo Blaker for an anarchic celebration of breaking the rules of drawing. Each session Jo will help you to break a different drawing rule through experimental, playful and exciting activities to help you find […]

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Scrooge: A One Man Performance

Scrooge: A One Man Performance

Scrooge: A One Man Performance Saturday 23 December 4 x 25 mins performances throughout the day. Ebeneezer Scrooge joins us at the Castle Museum this festive season, to take you on a journey of redemption, generosity and joy, in an immersive one-man show of the classic tale of A Christmas Carol. Included in museum admission, […]

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Victorian Carol Singers

Victorian Carol Singers

Victorian Carol Singers Sunday 24 December 2023 At regular intervals throughout the day. ‘Celebrate Christmas with this performance inspired by traditional Christmas Carol singers: featuring classic ditties from the period (such as ‘O, Christmas Tree’, ‘God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen’ and ‘Hark the Herald’), certain to get everyone in the festive spirit! With comic interludes […]

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Green Father Christmas

Green Father Christmas

Green Father Christmas Sunday 24 December Father Christmas will be at York Castle Museum every weekend throughout December until Christmas Eve, with performances throughout the day. A figure the Victorians may have known well, Father Christmas at the Castle Museum will be the green-clad, white-bearded man known for bringing fun and jollity to Christmas, talking […]

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Tales from the Trail with History Riot!

Tales from the Trail with History Riot!

Tales From The Trail Do you know your grocer’s from your greengrocer’s? Hardware from haberdasher’s? Confectioner’s from chemist’s? ……. ( hope so!) Prepare for silliness, stories and urgent shopping as our Kirkgate characters and York Castle Museum celebrate the New Year with a brand new museum trail! Pick yours up at the ticket desk from 28thDecember …. Running […]

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Tales from the Trail with History Riot!

Tales from the Trail with History Riot!

Tales From The Trail Do you know your grocer’s from your greengrocer’s? Hardware from haberdasher’s? Confectioner’s from chemist’s? ……. ( hope so!) Prepare for silliness, stories and urgent shopping as our Kirkgate characters and York Castle Museum celebrate the New Year with a brand new museum trail! Pick yours up at the ticket desk from 28thDecember …. Running […]

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Tales from the Trail with History Riot!

Tales from the Trail with History Riot!

Tales From The Trail Do you know your grocer’s from your greengrocer’s? Hardware from haberdasher’s? Confectioner’s from chemist’s? ……. ( hope so!) Prepare for silliness, stories and urgent shopping as our Kirkgate characters and York Castle Museum celebrate the New Year with a brand new museum trail! Pick yours up at the ticket desk from 28thDecember …. Running […]

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