• Tour of Birdsall House, Malton

    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 […]

    £54
  • Artwork of the Month: ‘Augustus and the Sybil’

    York Art Gallery Exhibition Square, York, United Kingdom

    The next Gallery talk will be on Wednesday 10 June at 11.30 am. The subject will be the sixteenth-century Venetian painting Augustus and the Sibyl.This presentation examines an enigmatic sixteenth-century […]

  • Highlights of the Fine Art Degree Show York St John University

    Sliding Water Gallery 64 Marygate, York, United Kingdom

    Friends of York Art Gallery present curated highlights of the Fine Art Degree Shows at York St John University. The Friends of York Art Gallery (FYAG) are delighted to stage […]

  • Trip to Thorns Art Gallery at Semerwater

    Thorns Gallery Semerwater Marsett Lane, Raydale

    Leaving Memorial Gardens at 9 am we will travel by minibus to Thorns Gallery, arriving at about 11 am in time for tea/coffee and biscuits. This is a rare opportunity […]

    £40
  • Hovingham Hall Visit

    Hovingham Hall Hovingham

    *** Fully booked ***Join us for a private tour of Hovingham Hall, a beautiful family home, 17 miles north of York. It was designed and built by Thomas Worsley c1770 […]

    £28.50
  • Artwork of the month: Miss Chloe Preston by J J Shannon

    York Art Gallery Exhibition Square, York, United Kingdom

    The speaker for our next Gallery talk will be Peter Gibbard, one of our most popular and revelatory speakers. His subject will be the portrait of the illustrator Chloe Preston, […]

  • Overnight visit to Stourbridge

    *** Update: last available room has gone *** The Stourbridge area was a major centre of glassmaking for 400 years and was particularly well known for its fine lead crystal. […]

    £320
  • Tour of the Borthwick Institute for Archives

    Borthwick Institute University Road, York

    The Borthwick is one of the biggest archive repositories outside London. Since 2005 it has been based in a purpose- built building made possible by a grant of £4.4 million […]

    £15
  • Talk: Flaxman as Sculptor and Illustrator

    York Medical Society Rooms 23 Stonegate, YORK, United Kingdom

    A talk by Sir Nicholas Penny FBA, FSA, Director of the National Gallery 2008-2015. Flaxman as Sculptor and Illustrator. This lecture by Sir Nicholas, together with one by Sir Tristram […]

    £22.50
  • Friends tour to Sussex

    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 […]

  • Wedgwood and Flaxman: a talk by Sir Tristram Hunt

    Tempest Anderson Hall Yorkshire Museum, YORK

    ‘Wedgwood and Flaxman: A Creative Alliance’, a talk by The Honourable Sir Tristram Hunt, FRHistS, Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum.This lecture in the Tempest Anderson Hall, Yorkshire Museum, has […]

    £15