The new mezzanine level which will create a new space inside York Art Gallery has been completed as part of the gallery’s £8 million development. The mezzanine will become a new first floor above the main gallery within the original roof space of the building. When finished, the space will be one of the galleries …
10 September 2014 Coming up this October half-term (25 October – 2 November) you can bring the family to the Yorkshire Museum and York Castle Museum to take part in some great Roman and First World War activities. At the Yorkshire Museum you can find out what life was like as a Roman Legionary and handle real objects from the …
Progress of the redevelopment at York Art Gallery has been documented by a local photographer. Photographs tracking the work, which has been closed since early 2013, have been taken by Peter Heaton, showing some behind the scenes glimpses of the work involved with the £8m refurbishment. Peter has had access to the gallery throughout the project …
Five artists have been invited to create new work that responds to the collection of a York man who bequeathed his estate to York Museums Trust. Peter Madsen and his sister Karen Madsen left their estates to York Museums Trust in 2011, providing the £2 million financial trigger needed to instigate the £8 million development of York Art …
In 2015 a number of exciting catering opportunities will arise within York Museums Trust’s portfolio of sites. We are now seeking to put in place partnerships with catering specialists with a view to: 1. offering a range of appropriate, good quality catering options on each of our sites, 2. maintaining and, in some cases, raising our reputation …
Welcome to York Museums Trust’s new website! This site is designed and intended to be a place to find out all about the great activities and initiatives that York Museums Trust is involved in, as well as the great museums under the Trust’s care and much more. As well looking after York Castle …
York Art Gallery’s nationally important collection of works by Italian Old Masters will be the subject of new research to be carried out this year by Eloise Donnelly, a curatorial trainee who joins the Gallery as part of the National Gallery’s Curatorial Traineeship programme supported by the Art Fund. The collection of 56 Italian …
Aesthetica is inviting the people of Yorkshire to cast their vote for the Aesthetica Art Prize People’s Choice Award this spring. Following on from the initial success of the exhibition, Aesthetica is giving local people the opportunity to choose their winner. Additionally, voters are entered into the Free Prize Draw with a chance of …
German artist Sybille Neumeyer was announced as the winner of the Main Prize for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2014 at the exhibition preview on 3 April. Her stunning light installation Song for the Last Queen (2013) is comprised of 7,614 bees – one eighth of the colony – that were collected from a naturally collapsed bee hive and placed as a …
York Museums Trust has produced a document about the great achievements and exciting developments that have taken place in the past two years. Over the last two years, York Museums Trust, an independent charitable organisation, has excelled in many ways and in many areas. Major funding and increased income generation has allowed the Trust to …
