Date: Thursday 9 October 2025, 4:30 pm-6:30 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Viking North: Primary School Teachers’ CPD Event
9 October 2025
4.30 – 6.30pm | Free | Suitable for teachers, teaching assistants and support staff
Booking essential. Spaces limited, register now

Discover ways of bringing the story of Viking England to life in the classroom in this new CPD workshop for Primary School educators at Yorkshire Museum.

Enjoy a tour of the new Viking North exhibition, handle original Viking artefacts, and learn about the activities and resources that we can offer schools at the Yorkshire Museum. You’ll also get to hear about some exciting upcoming projects.

Tea, coffee and cake will be served at this event.

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Dates: Friday 24 October 2025–Sunday 2 November 2025, 5:00 pm-9:00 pm
Venue: York Museum Gardens

Echoes of Yorkshire: The Museum Illuminated
24 October – 2 November 2025
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Light, colour and music surround you at the extraordinary light and sound installation created by internationally acclaimed Luxmuralis in the York Museum Gardens this autumn.  Immerse yourself in the story of the historic site with contemporary light and music showcasing the Yorkshire Museum’s age-defining artefacts and extraordinary exhibits. Join us to celebrate all that the museum and its gardens bring to our city and the wider north of England.

Perfect for the whole family, experience the gardens’ history from the Roman period to its time as an Abbey, and discover the Yorkshire Museum collection spanning 60 million years from the Jurassic, the Mesolithic, through to the Romans, Viking, Anglo-Saxon and Medieval. Luxmuralis is all about fine art, light and sound reflecting closely on the history and heritage of places and weaves together the contemporary and the ancient, making York Museum Gardens the perfect location for such a show!

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Date: Saturday 25 October 2025, 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Venue: The Hospitium

Join us for York Museums Trust’s Fundraising Dinner 2025

Experience Echoes of Yorkshire: The Museum Illuminated in York Museum Gardens, a captivating new light show created by Luxmuralis. Afterwards let us welcome you into the beautiful and historic Hospitium for an evening celebrating the vital work of York Museums Trust.

Tickets include: Canapes and welcome drink on arrival, a two-course dinner, entertainment, and exciting fundraising opportunities.

Timings: Light Show 6pm – 7pm, Drinks 7pm – 7.30pm, Dinner 8pm

Location: The Hospitium, York Museum Gardens

Price: £100 per person, or £900 for a table of ten

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York Museums Trust is a registered charity that cares for York Castle Museum, York Art Gallery, the Yorkshire Museum, York Museum Gardens and York St Mary’s. As an independent charity, we rely on the generosity of our supporters to continue sharing our spaces, art, stories, and history for learning, enjoyment, and wellbeing.

Charity number: 1092466.

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