School Visits

The galleries at the Yorkshire Museum span millions of years of history, from the Jurassic period to Medieval York.  

The Yorkshire Museum is open for schools to visit from 10am on Tuesday, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.  

Led workshops  

The following led workshops and experiences are currently available to book at the Yorkshire Museum:  

• Discover: Roman York Workshop – KS2 Workshop 
• Time Odyssey – KS2 Experience
• Discover: Prehistoric Yorkshire – KS2 Workshop
• Discover: Viking North – KS2 Workshop

 —

Self-guided visits 

Schools can book a self-guided visit to the Yorkshire Museum using our online booking form.  

The following entry fees apply when making a self-guided visit to the Yorkshire Museum:  

There are no entry fees for any Primary or Secondary (Key Stage Three and Key Stage Four) School groups making a self-guided visit from a school in North Yorkshire. This excludes fee paying schools.

 —  

Discovery Boxes

 Schools making a self-guided visit to the Yorkshire Museum can borrow one of our free Discovery Boxes. These contain information packs and simple activities you can use with your pupils during a visit to the museum.  

 We currently have two Discovery Boxes available to borrow during your visit to the Yorkshire Museum: 

• Roman York Discovery Box 

• Viking North Discovery Box 

 You can reserve one of our Discovery Boxes when booking a self-guided visit to the Yorkshire Museum.  

  Preparing for your visit

 To ensure you are fully prepared for a visit to the Yorkshire Museum, please download and read the following documents:  

• Yorkshire Museum: School Visit Pack  
• Yorkshire Museum: School Visit Map  

 Pre- and post- visit resources

The following documents may also be of use if you are planning to cover a particular topic during your visit:  

• Roman York: Meet the People of the Empire – Teachers’ Exhibition Pack 
• Star Carr: Life after the ice – Teachers’ Exhibition Pack
• Viking North- Teachers’ Exhibition Pack

You can find more pre- and post-visit resources for our Roman, Prehistory and Viking collections on the relevant workshop pages.  

—

Free teacher pre-visits 

We encourage teachers to carry out a free pre-visit to familiarise themselves with the site before they come with their class. Teachers are entitled to bring up to one additional adult and two children as part of a free pre-visit.  

Please contact schools@ymt.org.uk or 01904 650348 for further details.

—

Home educators 

Home educating families can visit our sites at the reduced schools rate detailed above. These rates are only available for visits made in term time during school hours.  

All visits must be booked in advance by contacting schools@ymt.org.uk or 01904 650348

—

Get in touch! 

If you require further information about planning a visit to the Yorkshire Museum, then please get in touch at schools@ymt.org.uk or call 01904 650348.

If you are looking to book a visit on behalf of a Further or Higher Education organisation, or a school from outside of the UK, then please complete a Group Booking Request Form  or email group.bookings@ymt.org.uk

Don’t forget you can also visit us at York Castle Museum and York Art Gallery!