Sir Gabriele Finaldi will give a talk ‘The National Gallery: A Growing Collection’, followed by a conversation with Professor Charles Martindale, Chair of the Friends, about his career and role […]

*** Fully booked *** Friends' Exclusive Preview of the Exhibition 'Making Waves' The exhibition of Japanese prints, ‘Making Waves’, opens to the public in the Madsen Galleries on Friday 27 […]

Stage Design: Drama through Art; Art through Drama. Seminar by Professor Anthony Ogus Over two sessions, 10.30 - 11.15 and 11.45 - 12.30 with a break for coffee and cookie, […]

We will start our tour at 11am in the medieval Guildhall, with its fine 18th century courtroom, local history museum, and collection of paintings by the Beverley artists Fred and […]

We will leave Memorial Gardens by coach at 9am to travel to Skipton. Here we will first visit the newly refurbished Craven Museum, which was shortlisted for the Art Fund […]

Leaving Memorial Gardens at 1pm, we will travel by coach to Birdsall House, near Malton for a 2-hour guided tour by a member of the Willoughby family. Set in beautiful […]

This five-day coach tour to Sussex has been arranged for the Friends by Travel Editions. Departing from York Memorial Gardens on Monday 28 September, we will visit Wardown House Museum […]