7 May 2016 Following a city-wide power cut yesterday (6 May 2016), the Yorkshire Museum, York Castle Museum and York Art Gallery are open today as normal. Please note however that the card readers are currently unavailable at York Castle Museum, and we are therefore only able to take cash payments. We apologise for this inconvenience and hope to …

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6 May 2016 Due to a city-wide power cut we have had to close York Art Gallery and the Yorkshire Museum from 3pm today, 6 May 2016. York Castle Museum will remain open. All sites will be open as normal tomorrow. We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

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29 April 2016 Following an £8 million transformation, York Art Gallery has been shortlisted for the prestigious Art Fund Museum of the Year 2016 award. The shortlist of the five museums competing for the award of the Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year 2016 are (in alphabetical order): Arnolfini, Bristol, South West Bethlem Museum of the Mind, Beckenham, …

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22 April 2016 The £8 million development of York Art Gallery picked up three awards at the Royal Institute of British Architecture (RIBA) on Thursday evening (21 April 2016). The project, by Ushida Findlay and Simpson & Brown architects and SIMPSON construction, won the RIBA Yorkshire Award 2016 and the RIBA Yorkshire Conservation Award 2016 as well as the RIBA Yorkshire Project …

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11 April 2016 Drop Dead Gorgeous: The Fashion for Tuberculosis in 19th Century England Explore a fascinating aspect of 1840’s fashion from 2pm on Saturday 16 April 2016 when a leading expert discusses the links between beauty, fashion and tuberculosis. Just like heroin chic in the 1990’s, some followers of fashion shaped their bodies and chose fashion accessories to …

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26 March 2016 The latest episode of the prime time archaeology programme ‘Digging for Britain‘ features the Yorkshire Museum, whose collection ‘tells the story of the North and the people who settled here’, says Professor Alice Roberts, one of the show’s presenters. During the programme, (Episode 3 of the fourth series), Professor Roberts examines some of the …

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26 March 2016 York Castle Museum’s Senior Curator Ali Bodley featured on the Friday 25 March 2016 edition of the BBC Radio 4 programme, ‘Woman’s Hour‘, discussing the new Shaping the Body exhibition with costume historian and author, Lucy Adlington. This major new exhibition looks at the way fashion, food and fitness have shaped the body over the …

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16 March 2016 YMT Card Holders are invited to join us for special previews of our two fantastic new exhibitions, which will both open to the public on Friday 25 March 2016. The YMT Card preview events are – Shaping the Body at York Castle Museum on Wednesday 23 March 2pm – 7pm Truth and Memory: British Art of the First World …

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16 March 2016 “History repeating!” That’s how George Osborne’s announcement today of a sugar tax on companies producing sugary drinks has been described by historians in York, who have compared the measure destined to raise £520 million in tax to the original Sugar Tax that raised £1 million per year from 1764 to 1874. “Until the early 19th century, …

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15 March 2016 Aviation, moths and memories are at the heart of the latest community arts project launched by the council in partnership with York Art Gallery. City of York Council is encouraging residents to help create a huge whisper of moths and butterflies, which will be displayed for all to see in the gallery and York …

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