Yorkshire Museum receives a lifeline grant from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund for external restoration
DATE: 19 March 2021
The Yorkshire Museum has received a financial boost from the government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help fund repairs during the coronavirus pandemic.
Lifeline grants from the Culture Recovery Fund are designed to protect heritage sites and ensure that jobs and access to culture and heritage in local communities are protected during …
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Signs of Hope – York Museums Trust aims to bring small moments of positivity to people visiting York Museum Gardens
DATE: 5 February 2021
A Sign of Hope has been placed in York Museum Gardens as part of a campaign to bring small moments of positivity to visitors this winter lockdown.
The sign will display humorous, beautiful or positive comments, thoughts and quotes to help brighten the days of visitors, with the hope that people will send …
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York Museums Trust win national award for #CuratorBattle
DATE: 21 January 2021
York Museums Trust’s #CuratorBattle campaign has won a national marketing award from the world’s largest PR Professional Body.
The online “battles” from the Yorkshire Museum’s Twitter account invite other museums to share objects under a given theme, and have generated millions of engagements and news coverage around the world.
The …
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Former director of the National Railway Museum and London Transport Museum joins York Museums Trust Board of Trustees
DATE: 16 November 2020
A former Director of the National Railway Museum and the London Transport Museum has joined York Museums Trust’s Board of Trustees.
Andrew Scott CBE, who is also a Fellow of the Museums Association and a lifelong member of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, brings 25 years of experience as a museum director and further …
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York Museums Trust has now completed its redundancy process.
DATE: 10 November 2020
York Museums Trust has now completed its redundancy process. This has followed a collective consultation that concluded on 30 September, in which we have listened, responded and acted on staff and trade unions’ comments and feedback to absorb the reductions and create a new structure for the charity. It will see the Trust’s …
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Major Digital Arts Exhibition Human Nature to run until May 9 2021
DATE: 6 November 2020
A major exhibition of digital art which forms the centrepiece of York Mediale 2020 will now run until May 2021.
Human Nature opened at York Art Gallery on October 21 and was due to close on January 24 2021 but new national COVID-19 restrictions have meant the exhibition closed on Thursday (November 4) for at least a month.
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A statement addressing new national restrictions
DATE: 2 November 2020
A statement from York Museums Trust:
“In line with the Government’s new national restrictions, York Castle Museum and York Art Gallery will be temporarily closed from 4pm on Wednesday November 4. We hope that we will be able to reopen both sites in early December but we will continue to monitor the situation …
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York Museums Trust receive £850,000 from the Government’s Cultural Recovery Fund
DATE: 12 October 2020
York Museums Trust have received £850,000 from the Government’s Cultural Recovery Fund to help the charity survive the next six months.
The Trust was one of more than 1,300 cultural and creative organisations across the country who found out on Monday (October 12) that they had been successful in applying to the scheme which was …
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York Art Gallery and Kaiser Chiefs win national award
DATE: 23 September 2020
Exhibition wins Museums + Heritage Award for Partnership of the Year
York Art Gallery’s collaboration with indie rock band band Kaiser Chiefs won a prestigious national award last night (Tuesday September 22) at a virtual ceremony.
The exhibition When All is Quiet: Kaiser Chiefs in Conversation with York Art Gallery won the Partnership of …
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Good Organisation Twitter Takeover
DATE: 10 August 2020
Good Organisation Twitter Takeover
Good Organisation will be taking over our social media feeds on Thursday 13th August to highlight how they use history and heritage to engage with socially disadvantaged people across York. Under normal circumstances, the city attracts over 7.3 million visitors each year, contributing in excess of £600 million to the local …
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