27 May 2016 York Art Gallery has been named Visitor Attraction of the Year (Over 50,000 visitors) at the Visit York Tourism Awards. The gallery, which reopened in August last year after an £8 million development, picked up the award at the annual ceremony last night, 26 May 2016. It is the latest award the gallery has won, following three awards …
24 May 2016 After being awarded with France’s highest honour in a special ceremony last week, the Veterans who took part in the biggest seaborne invasion in history will be visiting York Castle Museum to speak to the public about their experiences. The Légion d’Honneur medals were awarded to 21 Normandy Veterans, 10 of which were …
23 May 2016 The Burton Gallery at York Art Gallery will be temporarily closed until Sunday 29 May 2016 while our curators work on an exciting new rehang of some of the gallery’s most famous Old Masters. On display will be Italian Old Master paintings with a religious focus, portraiture and ‘vedute’ (views) and Dutch and Flemish Old …
23 May 2016 As part of the Eboracum Roman Festival (1-5 June 2016) two exciting expert guests will be speaking at the Yorkshire Museum. Professor, best-selling author and popular broadcaster both on TV and radio, Joann Fletcher, will be opening the festival with a fascinating discussion on Ancient Egypt in Roman Yorkshire on Wednesday 1 June 2016. Best-selling children’s …
8 May 2016 On 6 May 2016, York experienced a power cut which resulted in problems across our sites including the unavailability of the card readers at York Castle Museum for making payments. We can now confirm that the issue has been rectified and we can accept card payments again. Our sincere apologies to visitors for any inconvenience this …
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 …
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.
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, …
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 …
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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