Dates: Saturday 6 September 2025–Sunday 21 September 2025, 12:00 am
Venue: York Museums Gardens

Dame Judi Dench Walk, York Museum Gardens
6 – 21 September 2025 | Free admission | Open 24 hours a day

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Date: Wednesday 17 September 2025, 10:30 am-11:30 am
Venue: York Museum Gardens

Join us for a community bird watch in the gardens and look out for the diverse range of birds in the garden.

Meet at the Birdwatching Station behind the rock garden 10:30am-11:30am.

This is a free event, no booking required.

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Date: Saturday 20 September 2025, 10:30 am-3:30 pm
Venue: York Museum Gardens

Come and join us for the final plant sale of the year! Not only will plants grown in the Gardens be available to buy but also apple trees grafted in the Gardens.

The plant sale will be running 10:30-3:30pm outside the Yorkshire Museum.

Not only will buying a plant support the work of York Museums Trust but will also be your chance to have a part of York Museum Gardens at home.

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Date: Sunday 28 September 2025, 11:00 am-3:00 pm
Venue: York Museum Gardens

Sunday 28th of September

Free event No booking required 

As part of York Food and Drink Festival, please join us for a Dosti Friendship Picnic in York Museum Gardens.

Please meet at the Pavilion and bring your own Picnic, rugs and chairs. Activities include arts and crafts, traditional music and teapot yoga.

NHS services and screenings, and a prayer room is available to use.

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Date: Thursday 2 October 2025, 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Venue: Yorkshire Museum

Yorkshire Museum Late: Viking North

02 October 2025 | 6 – 9pm | £20 per person | Ages 18+
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Explore our latest exhibition ‘Viking North’ after hours.

Join us for Viking themed games, music, creative activities and live performance celebrating the incredible ‘Viking North’ exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum.

Meet characters from the Viking Winter camp and gather round the fire for stories, music, games and laughter bringing to life the magnificent objects on display through live performance from History Riot.

Immerse yourself in Viking-inspired creativity with a special drop-in pinch pot making session inspired by the collection led by local ceramicist Emily Stubbs, using air-drying clay. Get hands-on, explore your inner maker and take home your very own Viking vessel.

Grab refreshments from Sketch Bar and Horsebox and enjoy the evening accompanied by a live DJ.
Don’t miss out on this exciting night at the museum – the perfect start to Autumn!

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Date: Thursday 9 October 2025, 11:00 am-12:00 pm
Venue: York Museum Gardens

Learn about the initiatives and interventions York Museums Trust’s Gardens Team have made to make their busy public garden more wildlife friendly. Take a tour around over 10 acres of grounds, discovering inspiration for your own garden or workplace green spaces.

You’ll learn about climate change and biodiversity, discover the importance of insects for the food chain and how to manage your green space throughout the seasons to create wildlife habitat, and adopt a new perspective with some native weeds.

Suited to people aged 12+ with an interest in making green spaces more wildlife friendly. Under 16’s must be accompanied by and adult.

Meet on the hard standing in front of the entrance to the Yorkshire Museum.

Booking required. A booking link will be made available soon on the York Environment Festival website : Curious & Creative Gardening Tour: Wildlife-Friendly Museum Gardens – York Environment Festival

Please note: This event is weather dependant. If adverse weather conditions cause this event to be cancelled, ticket holders will be notified.

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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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Date: Wednesday 15 October 2025, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
Venue: York Museum Gardens

Learn about the initiatives and interventions York Museums Trust’s Gardens Team have made to make their busy public garden more wildlife friendly. Take a tour around over 10 acres of grounds, discovering inspiration for your own garden or workplace green spaces.

You’ll learn about climate change and biodiversity, discover the importance of insects for the food chain and how to manage your green space throughout the seasons to create wildlife habitat, and adopt a new perspective with some native weeds.

Suited to people aged 12+ with an interest in making green spaces more wildlife friendly. Under 16’s must be accompanied by and adult.

Meet on the hard standing in front of the entrance to the Yorkshire Museum.

Booking required. A booking link will be made available soon on the York Environment Festival website. Curious & Creative Gardening Tour: Wildlife-Friendly Museum Gardens – York Environment Festival

Please note: This event is weather dependant. If adverse weather conditions cause this event to be cancelled, ticket holders will be notified.

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Date: Tuesday 21 October 2025, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Venue: York Museum Gardens

Learn about the initiatives and interventions York Museums Trust’s Gardens Team have made to make their busy public garden more wildlife friendly. Take a tour around over 10 acres of grounds, discovering inspiration for your own garden or workplace green spaces.

You’ll learn about climate change and biodiversity, discover the importance of insects for the food chain and how to manage your green space throughout the seasons to create wildlife habitat, and adopt a new perspective with some native weeds.

Suited to people aged 12+ with an interest in making green spaces more wildlife friendly. Under 16’s must be accompanied by and adult.

Meet on the hard standing in front of the entrance to the Yorkshire Museum.

Booking required. A booking link will be made available soon on the York Environment Festival website. Curious & Creative Gardening Tour: Wildlife-Friendly Museum Gardens – York Environment Festival

Please note: This event is weather dependant. If adverse weather conditions cause this event to be cancelled, ticket holders will be notified.

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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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