York Museums Trust is inviting tenders for the development and delivery of a brand-new exhibition the Shaping the Body exhibition. This exciting new project will bring together costume, art and archaeology from the collections across York Museums Trust to reveal the many factors that have an impact on body shape across the centuries; from economic …

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York Museums Trust is a proud participant in I Love Museums, a new campaign led by the National Museum Directors’ Council (NMDC) to demonstrate the depth of support for UK museums by empowering you, the public, to share why museums are important to you. Museums and galleries are more popular than ever – each year there …

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The Yorkshire Museum would like to inform visitors that the Escrick Ring is currently off display whilst some essential maintenance is conducted to its display case within the exhibition space. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience this may cause. The maintenance is expected to be completed by the middle of the week commencing 15 June. …

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The Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past (University of York) and York Castle Museum are inviting the public to an open conversation concerning the legacy of the First World War. The discussion, which is free and takes place between 10am and 1pm on Saturday 13 June at York Castle Museum, will be led by …

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Experts from the University of Manchester have identified Britain’s oldest sauropod dinosaur from a fossil bone discovered on the Yorkshire coast. The vertebra (backbone) originates from a group of dinosaurs that includes the largest land animals to have ever walked on Earth. This new sauropod dinosaur, from the Middle Jurassic Period at about 176 million …

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York Museums Trust has appointed the former Head of Heritage Lottery Fund West Midlands as its new Chief Executive, starting in November this year. Reyahn King, 50, has also worked as the Director of Art Galleries at National Museums Liverpool, and Head of Exhibitions and Interpretation at Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery. She will follow Dr …

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May 23 – September 30 2015 Recently rediscovered Napoleonic scenes of war, swords used in the battle and the military jacket of a Yorkshire man who guarded Napoleon on his death bed will go on show at York Castle Museum this May to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. The intricate wood blocked Napoleonic wallpaper from …

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The Yorkshire Museum has launched a new competition inviting primary school children to create their very own unique ‘creature’. ‘Lost Creatures’ is a primary school competition that invites children to create their own animal using the Yorkshire Museum’s Extinct Gallery as inspiration, looking at some of the special features animals and birds have evolved …

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York Castle Museum has been short-listed for the Visitor Experience of the Year award at this year’s Visit York Tourism Awards. Winners will be announced at a prestigious Black Tie awards ceremony on 3 June in the Grand Station Hall of the National Railway Museum, compered by breakfast show hosts Gayle Lofthouse and Ben Fry …

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Please note that the Reading Room in the Yorkshire Museum will be closed intermittently from today to allow for an exhibition redisplay. Our new exhibition ‘William Smith: The story of the rocks’ will be open from Friday 22nd May. The Reading Room will be open on some days until 18th May. Please call ahead if …

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