York Art Gallery a Runner Up for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2016

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York Art Gallery a Runner Up for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2016

7 July 2016 York Art Gallery have come runners up for the Art Fund Museum of the Year Award 2016. The Victoria and Albert Museum won the £100,000 Art Fund Museum of the Year prize at an award ceremony last night (Wednesday July 6 2016) at the Natural History Museum, London. The Duchess of Cambridge presented the award to the V& …

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Constantius Spotlight Exhibition Featuring Beaurains Hoard To Open At Yorkshire Museum

5 July 2016 Constantius: York’s Forgotten Emperor 16 July 2016 – 9 October 2016 The life of the Roman emperor who reconquered Britain and briefly made York one of the centres of the Roman World will be told at the Yorkshire Museum this summer. Constanius: York’s Forgotten Emperor, will reveal the story of Constantius Chlorus (250AD – 306AD) who made his …

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Art Fund Releases Exclusive Rankin York Art Gallery Photograph Ahead of Museum of the Year Announcement

28 June 2016 The Art Fund have released a photograph by the well-known British portrait and fashion photography Rankin of some of the York Art Gallery team behind its £8 million development. The gallery will find out on July 6 if it is the winner of the Art Fund Museum of the Year and the £100,000 prize at a ceremony …

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First Art Installation To Be Revealed At York Art Gallery’s Artists Garden

27 June 2016 The first artwork to be created especially for York Art Gallery’s new Artists Garden will be revealed this August. Foundation Myths is a new commission by Ordinary Architecture, an art, architecture and design practice with an international profile. The installation, produced especially for the Artists Garden, draws on the rich history of the …

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‘V&A Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear’ Special Event at York Castle Museum on 7 July 2016

22 June 2016 V&A Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear 7 July 2016, 7pm – 8:30pm As part of the Shaping the Body exhibition at York Castle Museum, you are invited to enjoy a talk from Susanna Cordner, from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, fresh from the launch of their new exhibition Undressed: A Brief History …

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Battle of the Somme Special Exhibition and 1916 Film Mark 100 Years Since the Battle

21 June 2016 A painting by a renowned artist depicting Yorkshire soldiers on the front line at the Somme will go on show for the first time later this month to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the battle. On Friday 24th June, York Castle Museum will open a special exhibition about the battle, focusing on Arthur Radclyffe …

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Schools Competition to Create Installation of Yorkshire Roses in the York Museum Gardens

16 June 2016 Yorkshire schoolchildren are being given the chance to take part in a new schools competition which will see a huge artwork of unique white roses installed in York Museum Gardens. Key Stage 2 and 3 Pupils have been asked to design their very own artistic interpretation of the iconic white Yorkshire Rose. The winning design will …

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New Exhibition for Yorkshire Museum – Invitation To Tender for ‘VIKING’

16 June 2016 Applicants are invited to tender for the design and build of a new exhibition Viking, developed jointly between York Museums Trust and the British Museum. The exhibition will open in York in May 2017 for six months, after which time it will tour the UK to four other venues. We are looking for a design …

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York Museums Trust First Open Weekend To Take Place 25 & 26 June 2016

13 June 2016 York residents can visit York’s Attraction of the Year, two major new exhibitions and the new Jorvik experience in York St Mary’s for free later this month as part of York Museums Trust’s new Open Weekend. York Art Gallery, York Castle Museum and the Yorkshire Museum are all free to residents …

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‘Trade Agreement’ Sees JORVIK Vikings Move Next Door!

7 June 2016 JORVIK’s Vikings are returning to Coppergate! That’s the message from the team at JORVIK Viking Centre, who will be moving into York St Mary’s – just a few paces away from the attraction’s traditional entrance – in a partnership exhibition with York Museums Trust. The exhibition, which will run until early 2017, focuses …

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