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Visit to York Art Gallery Stores – afternoon

7 Feb 2025

*** Fully booked *** This is an opportunity to see some of the large collection of paintings held in the Art Gallery’s stores. As the space is small, numbers will be restricted to a maximum of 10 for each...

Visit to York Art Gallery Stores – morning

7 Feb 2025

*** Fully booked *** This is an opportunity to see some of the large collection of paintings held in the Art Gallery’s stores. As the space is small, numbers will be restricted to a maximum of 10 for each...

Treasures from Yorkshire Parish Churches

7 Feb 2025

Kirsty Mitchell, Curator at York Minster, will talk about the present exhibition in the Minster Undercroft, which she has curated and which runs to December 2025. She explains that although York Minster’s Collection and Interpretation Team care for a vast and varied...

Visit to Sutton Park

7 Feb 2025

*** Fully booked *** Join us for a private tour of this charming Georgian Manor House, built in 1750 by the architect Thomas Atkinson. The historic art collection came with the Sheffield family from Normanby Hall. The most notable old master paintings and furniture...

Tour of Boynton Hall and Bridlington Priory

7 Feb 2025

Boynton Hall is an interesting house with a complex building history. Originally mid-6th century, it was altered and enlarged in the 18th century partly to the designs of Lord Burlington and later probably John Carr. Starting with coffee we will have a tour of this...

Tour of Thirsk Sculpture Park and Thirsk Hall

7 Feb 2025

The group will meet at Thirsk Hall at 11am for a tour looking at some of the sculptures in the garden and park behind the house. After the tour, at about 12.30pm, we will go into the Hall for a soup and sandwich lunch in the dining room which dates from c 1770 and...

Visit World of Wedgwood, Stoke Museum, Derby Art Gallery

7 Feb 2025

*** Fully booked *** Leaving York from Memorial Gardens at 8 30am., we will drive by coach to the World of Wedgwood for lunch followed by a tour of their extensive Museum, run by the V & A and featuring York’s own John Flaxman. There will then be time to explore...

Visit Burton Agnes Hall

7 Feb 2025

Burton Agnes, built between 1598 and 1610, probably to the designs of Robert Smythson, has been described as the perfect Elizabethan house. Not only is it interesting architecturally but it contains a striking collection of French Impressionist paintings and...

Japanese crafts and toys

30 Jan 2025

Japanese traditional crafts and toys as a reflection of Japanese history, art and spirit. Seminar by Helena Cox, Curator, art historian and Friends’ committee member. In this seminar, Helena will focus on an area of Japanese art and traditional culture which is...

Friends’ tour of Cornwall

4 Jan 2025

The Friends of York Art Gallery are offering a seven day tour of Cornwall from 21-27 September 2025. Staying in Truro, this includes visits to St. Ives, Tremenheere Sculpture Garden, Kurt Jackson and Penlee House galleries and the Minack Theatre. Stopovers at...