18 December 2015 York Castle Museum’s Victorian Christmas Experience events are now completely sold out. We would like to thank all visitors that have booked to attend the events and look forward to welcoming you to the museum over the next few evenings. We are still open every day in the run up to Christmas and …

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16 December 2015 “A must visit”, “breath-taking art” and a “fabulous redevelopment” are some of the reviews of York Art Gallery since it reopened in the summer. The New York Times, The Guardian, The Sunday Mirror and Radio Four’s Saturday Review were among the media who commented positively on the £8 million development. The Museums Journal review …

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10 December 2015 York Observatory in York Museum Gardens will be open to the public on Monday 14th December for a special FREE Stargazing event. Join York Museums Trust from 6pm- 8pm, a day ahead of British astronaut Tim Peake’s 173 day mission into space, for an evening of stargazing through the historic 1850’s Cooke telescope in …

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20 November 2015 Search the loft, under the bed or the back of the wardrobe – York Castle Museum wants those pictures of you or your family in the most fashionable attire of the day – from punks to rockers, hippies to Spice Girl wannabes. Next march the museum is opening a new exhibition called Shaping the Body, looking …

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16 November 2015 Primary school children are invited to give history a re-write with a new schools writing competition about those who dwelled in the dark and dingy cells of York Castle Prison. York Castle Museum sits on the site of York Castle Prison, where men and women awaited their fate; release, transportation or death. The powerful, …

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28 October 2015 This October half term find out what creatures are lurking amongst the resident remains at the Yorkshire Museum’s Extinct Galleries. The Yorkshire Museum’s dinosaur footprints, huge sea reptiles, extinct Moa and Dodo will all be joined on select days by fluffy mammals, scaly reptiles and creepy crawlies! Emma Williams, assistant curator of …

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22 October 2015 Illuminating York 28 – 31 October 2015, 6 – 10pm As the nights start drawing in, York is gearing up for the annual celebration of light that is the illuminating York Festival. Now in its 10th year, the Festival was one of the first of its kind in the UK and it continues to pursue new ways of showing this …

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9 September 2015 #AskACurator  – 16 September 2015 #AskACurator is a fantastic global event in which thousands of curators answer questions online. The 2015 event is on September 16 Our team are gearing up and really keen to get your questions! To get things started we thought we’d get them to ask each other a few puzzlers… Between them, our curators …

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The Centre of Ceramic Art (CoCA) is part of York Museums Trust which set up a Subject Specialist Network (SSN) with the aim of bringing together people with an interest in Contemporary Studio Ceramics. We currently have over 130 members and want to expand further to increase the knowledge and celebration of studio ceramics. At the …

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The Centre of Ceramic Art has a unique shop offering a range of work by artists working with clay. It will offer ranges of high-end ceramics, affordable pieces and anything in between. The same high standards that apply to acquisitions for York Art Gallery’s collection will be applied when choosing work. When acquiring work …

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