York Castle Museum Kitchen: A feast of flowers 26 July 2025 Throughout the day | Included in general admission Book tickets As part of our summer celebrating York galas of the past, which were full of floral displays, watch live cookery demonstrations that use edible flowers, some from our own Museum Gardens. There’ll be tasters […]

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Print & Bloom: A Lino Workshop Inspired by the Victorian Language of Flowers 26 July 2025 10.30am – 1.30pm | £20 per person Book tickets here Join us for a fun and creative workshop inspired by Summer at the Castle Museum! Discover the hidden meanings behind blooms as you carve and print your own floral […]

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Sunday Sounds: Live Music at the Castle Museum – The Ran Tanners 27 July 2025 Performances throughout the day | Included in general admission Book tickets Join us on Sunday at York Castle Museum for live music from the past. The Ran Tanners are a pair of roving miscreants who (when not doing hard labour […]

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Edgar Allan Poe-stcards Sunday 27 July 2025 10.30am – 1.30pm | £40 Book now A letterpress workshop delivered by Thin Ice Press. Harland Miller cites Edgar Allan Poe as his first literary influence. His love for Poe inspired a 2008 exhibition, in which Miller invited 35 artists to respond to the American writer’s life and […]

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Meet me at the Yorkshire Museum: Viking North Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays from 20 July – 29 August 2025 11am – 4pm | Included in general admission | Suitable for all ages Book now There are only two seasons in the Viking world. Summer and Winter. It is winter. Night and day are dark and […]

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Silly History Boys Circus Skills 29 July 2025 10.30am – 4pm | Included in general admission Book tickets The Silly History Boys will be delighting us with circus fun. Watch their silly antics and daring acts, then have a go yourself outside in the yard.

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Meet me at the Yorkshire Museum: Viking North Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays from 20 July – 29 August 2025 11am – 4pm | Included in general admission | Suitable for all ages Book now There are only two seasons in the Viking world. Summer and Winter. It is winter. Night and day are dark and […]

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Phineas Fickletickle Totally Tremendous Time Travelling Tincture 30 July 2025 Three performances per day | Included in general admission Book tickets Join Phineas Fickletickle with his imaginary enchanted hot air balloon, as he travels round the museum to help his friends get back to their own time period using his collection of magical tinctures. They […]

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Phineas Fickletickle Totally Tremendous Time Travelling Tincture 31 July 2025 Three performances per day | Included in general admission Book tickets Join Phineas Fickletickle with his imaginary enchanted hot air balloon, as he travels round the museum to help his friends get back to their own time period using his collection of magical tinctures. They […]

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York Castle Museum Kitchen: A feast of flowers 31 July 2025 Throughout the day | Included in general admission Book tickets As part of our summer celebrating York galas of the past, which were full of floral displays, watch live cookery demonstrations that use edible flowers, some from our own Museum Gardens. There’ll be tasters […]

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