Events
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The museum is currently being refurbished to create five exciting new themed galleries, but we are still running events in the Museum Gardens, the Observatory and the Hospitium.
General Observatory Opening Times
Astronomer Martin Lunn in the Yorkshire Museum Gardens Observatory. Picture courtesy of The York Press.
Every Saturday 11.30am - 2.30pm
Come and gaze upon the stars in what is the oldest working observatory in Yorkshire.
You'll be finding out about the galaxy in one of the most historically important astronomy centres in the country.
The observatory was built in 1832 and 1833 and its 4in refractor telescope was built by York man Thomas Cooke in 1850 before he went on to make the then-largest telescope in the world. York played a crucial role in the development of astronomy in the 1780s when York-based astronomers John Goodricke and Edward Piggot laid the foundations of the study of stars of varying brightness.
Free entry
These are being held at York Art Gallery while the museum is closed
Meet the team! Members of the Portable Antiquities Scheme staff Liz Andrews-Wilson, Kevin Leahy and Anna Booth
10 April, 5 June, 7 August
10am - 1pm each day
Bring along your archaeological finds and get help and advice with identifying them from our Portable Antiquities Scheme staff. Staff from the scheme also run other regular Finds Days at Hull and East Riding Museum. Click here to find out more.
Free
4 March
10am - 6pm
This free conference in The Hospitium in the Museum Gardens is aimed at students and people wanting to develop their careers in the creative industries.
There will be professionals on hand to offer advice, 'taster' workshops and exhibits from local employers, including Higher York, Arts Council England, Creative York, Business Link, NYnet, Creative Coast, York Professionals and many more.
Click here for a flyer about the event. For more information or to make a booking, telephone 01904 650333 or email groupbookings@ymt.org.uk