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York Museums Trust Appoint Fundraising Manager
10 January 2017 York Museums Trust have appointed a fundraising manager to help the charity increase income for major projects, new exhibitions and events. Rebecca Williams, 33, joins the Trust from the Royal Armouries in Leeds where she led campaigns to raise significant funds for capital projects and programmes. Her role at the Trust will include submitting funding …
York Proms Launched for 2017 to be Set in the York Museum Gardens
1 December 2016 A local husband and wife team are dreaming big with an ambitious event in the York Museum Gardens. On Sunday 9th July 2017, the York Museum Gardens will be the stunning backdrop to the inaugural York Proms, an open air picnic concert celebrating the most popular classical music ever written with a rousing proms finale, …
Visitors Offered Ten Of York’s Most Iconic Selfie Locations With New Online Interactive Map
16 September 2016 Get your best smile and selfie-stick at the ready and follow the footprints around York to complete the brand new York Selfie Trail. Make It York has picked out the most iconic photo-spots in the city so you can take ten sensational selfies to make your Instagram followers swoon. Ten of the most iconic …
Opportunity Now Available For New Trustees To Join The Board At York Museums Trust
8 September 2016 Since its formation in 2002 YMT has developed into an innovative, energetic and successful organisation responding creatively and positively to a demanding and fast changing environment. YMT works closely with partners in York and the wider museums sector. We make a significant contribution to the economic and educational welfare of the City and wider region. …
Tickets Available for York Art Gallery’s Artists Garden Party on 18 August 2016 to Launch First Commission
2 August 2016 The first artwork to be created especially for York Art Gallery’s new Artists Garden will be revealed at our Artist Launch garden party. Foundation Myths is a new commission by Ordinary Architecture, an art, architecture and design practice with an international profile. The installation, produced especially for the Artists Garden, draws on the …
First Art Installation To Be Revealed At York Art Gallery’s Artists Garden
27 June 2016 The first artwork to be created especially for York Art Gallery’s new Artists Garden will be revealed this August. Foundation Myths is a new commission by Ordinary Architecture, an art, architecture and design practice with an international profile. The installation, produced especially for the Artists Garden, draws on the rich history of the …
Schools Competition to Create Installation of Yorkshire Roses in the York Museum Gardens
16 June 2016 Yorkshire schoolchildren are being given the chance to take part in a new schools competition which will see a huge artwork of unique white roses installed in York Museum Gardens. Key Stage 2 and 3 Pupils have been asked to design their very own artistic interpretation of the iconic white Yorkshire Rose. The winning design will …
York Museums Trust First Open Weekend To Take Place 25 & 26 June 2016
13 June 2016 York residents can visit York’s Attraction of the Year, two major new exhibitions and the new Jorvik experience in York St Mary’s for free later this month as part of York Museums Trust’s new Open Weekend. York Art Gallery, York Castle Museum and the Yorkshire Museum are all free to residents …
Blue Plaque Unveiled to Commend York Geologist John Phillips FRS
25 February 2016 York Civic Trust, Yorkshire Philosophical Society, and the York Museums Trust announce the unveiling of a blue plaque to a distinguished scientist and former resident of York, John Phillips FRS. A blue plaque to a famous York geologist was unveiled in the Museum Gardens yesterday (at 2pm on Thursday 25 February at St Mary’s …
Spectacular Sagas and Fantastical Fables – February Half Term at the Yorkshire Museum and York Art Gallery
3 February 2016 Spectacular Sagas and Fantastical Fables February Half Term at the Yorkshire Museum and York Art Gallery 13 – 21 February 2016 From spectacular sagas to fantastical fables, come along to the Yorkshire Museum and York Art Gallery this February half term as artefacts and artwork are brought to life by two special storytellers. Journey into the Viking world …
