24 June 2015 Most significant Viking treasure to be found in Britain in 150 years on show from July 3 The most significant Viking treasure to be found in Britain in the last 150 years will return to York this summer after featuring in major exhibitions around Europe. The Vale of Viking Hoard was found by metal detectorists in January 2007 …
Date: June 2015 York Museums Trust is to launch its new YMT Card on 30 June 2015. EDIT: Please note as of spring 2021 the cards no longer exist. Get your YMT Card to visit three wonderful York attractions as many times as you like for a whole year. It’s the great value way to enjoy some of …
York Museums Trust is inviting tenders for the development and delivery of a brand-new exhibition the Shaping the Body exhibition. This exciting new project will bring together costume, art and archaeology from the collections across York Museums Trust to reveal the many factors that have an impact on body shape across the centuries; from economic …
York Museums Trust is a proud participant in I Love Museums, a new campaign led by the National Museum Directors’ Council (NMDC) to demonstrate the depth of support for UK museums by empowering you, the public, to share why museums are important to you. Museums and galleries are more popular than ever – each year there …
The Yorkshire Museum would like to inform visitors that the Escrick Ring is currently off display whilst some essential maintenance is conducted to its display case within the exhibition space. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience this may cause. The maintenance is expected to be completed by the middle of the week commencing 15 June. …
Experts from the University of Manchester have identified Britain’s oldest sauropod dinosaur from a fossil bone discovered on the Yorkshire coast. The vertebra (backbone) originates from a group of dinosaurs that includes the largest land animals to have ever walked on Earth. This new sauropod dinosaur, from the Middle Jurassic Period at about 176 million …
York Museums Trust has appointed the former Head of Heritage Lottery Fund West Midlands as its new Chief Executive, starting in November this year. Reyahn King, 50, has also worked as the Director of Art Galleries at National Museums Liverpool, and Head of Exhibitions and Interpretation at Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery. She will follow Dr …
The Yorkshire Museum has launched a new competition inviting primary school children to create their very own unique ‘creature’. ‘Lost Creatures’ is a primary school competition that invites children to create their own animal using the Yorkshire Museum’s Extinct Gallery as inspiration, looking at some of the special features animals and birds have evolved …
Please note that the Reading Room in the Yorkshire Museum will be closed intermittently from today to allow for an exhibition redisplay. Our new exhibition ‘William Smith: The story of the rocks’ will be open from Friday 22nd May. The Reading Room will be open on some days until 18th May. Please call ahead if …
Due to urgent maintenance the History of York Audio Visual Display in the Tempest Anderson Hall is currently unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and will make an announcement as soon as possible when it is open to visitors again.
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