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Meet Mary Anning!

Meet Mary Anning!

Meet Mary Anning! Included in general admission Every Friday & Saturday in York School holidays (28 July – 2 September 2023) Meet Mary Anning at the Yorkshire Museum every Friday and Saturday during the York school holidays! Explore our new display, listen to Anning’s inspiring stories and have the opportunity to ask her any questions […]

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Museum Garden Life Drawing

Museum Garden Life Drawing

Museum Garden Life Drawing with artist Jade Blood 19 August 2023, 1pm – 3pm £15 per person, booking required.   Book tickets here   Join Jade Blood for a life drawing class in the museum gardens. Models will take inspiration from art works in the Bloom show, they will replicate poses from paintings and wear naturally […]

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Meet Mary Anning!

Meet Mary Anning!

Meet Mary Anning! Included in general admission Every Friday & Saturday in York School holidays (28 July – 2 September 2023) Meet Mary Anning at the Yorkshire Museum every Friday and Saturday during the York school holidays! Explore our new display, listen to Anning’s inspiring stories and have the opportunity to ask her any questions […]

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Bloom Creative Writing Workshop

Bloom Creative Writing Workshop

Bloom Creative Writing Workshop 26 August 2023, 1pm – 3pm £10 per person, booking required.  Book tickets here   Inspired by the exhibition Bloom we will be working together to produce some creative writing. We will take inspiration from artefacts in the exhibition and related writings in order to support us develop our own prose […]

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90s Silent Disco in St Mary’s Abbey Ruins

90s Silent Disco in St Mary’s Abbey Ruins

90s Silent Disco   A 90s Silent Disco in the incredible and historic Ruins is coming to York for the first time Expect some of the UK’s best 90s DJs playing all your favourite tunes in the stunning surroundings of the spectacular St Mary’s Abbey Ruins Book tickets here   What to expect 1: SOME […]

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Meet Mary Anning!

Meet Mary Anning!

Meet Mary Anning! Included in general admission Every Friday & Saturday in York School holidays (28 July – 2 September 2023) Meet Mary Anning at the Yorkshire Museum every Friday and Saturday during the York school holidays! Explore our new display, listen to Anning’s inspiring stories and have the opportunity to ask her any questions […]

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Meet Mary Anning!

Meet Mary Anning!

Meet Mary Anning! Included in general admission Every Friday & Saturday in York School holidays (28 July – 2 September 2023) Meet Mary Anning at the Yorkshire Museum every Friday and Saturday during the York school holidays! Explore our new display, listen to Anning’s inspiring stories and have the opportunity to ask her any questions […]

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Flower bowls and still life blooms with Terra Flora

Flower bowls and still life blooms with Terra Flora

 Flower bowls and still life blooms with Terra Flora 2 September 2023, 1pm – 3pm £50 per person, booking required.   Book tickets here   A modern approach to using fresh cut flowers led by floral design studio Terra Flora.  Taking inspiration from our exhibition, this floral design workshop will guide you in creating displays […]

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Sketchbook Circle at York Art Gallery

Sketchbook Circle at York Art Gallery

6th Sept, 1:30pm-3:30pm, £5 per person Book tickets here. Tickets for September 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 […]

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Dr. Liam Herringshaw: Fossils from Teesside to Spurn: Why Mary Anning would have loved the Yorkshire Coast.

Dr. Liam Herringshaw: Fossils from Teesside to Spurn: Why Mary Anning would have loved the Yorkshire Coast.

Thursday 7 September, 4:30pm-5:30pm, ONLINE With Dr Liam Herringshaw Mary Anning never visited Yorkshire, but she’d have felt right at home among the coastal rocks and fossils. This is especially true at Redcar and Robin Hood’s Bay, where the rocks contain fossils of the same age as those of Lyme Regis and Charmouth. The Yorkshire […]

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