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Event: Exhibition (permanent) County: North Yorkshire The Shakespeare First FolioIn 1623, seven years after William Shakespeare’s death, a compilation of 36 of his plays were published together in one volume. No more than 750 copies of this ‘First Folio’ were printed and today only about 230...Craven Museum and Gallery | Skipton | 1 September 2014 — 1 September 2021 -
News Shamans packed skulls with clay and burnt brains inside them in prehistoric EuropeArchaeologists have recreated the brutal approach hunter-gatherers took with red deer skulls 11,000 years ago - cutting away the lower jaw and throwing them on a fire.16 April 2016 -
News "It looked pretty normal at first": Young archaeologist recalls finding 11,000-year-old pendant at Star CarrTom Bell, who dug up an 11,000-year-old, possibly shamanic prehistoric necklace at North Yorkshire's Star Carr site last month, says he originally thought the pendant was a bead.17 March 2016 -
Object of the Week Object of the Week: The typewriter author Enid Blyton would use her forefingers to furiously jab atEnid Blyton's prolific career was achieved through a typewriter perched on her lap - given to her in 1927 by Hugh Alexander Pollock, an editor she'd married three years earlier.16 March 2016 -
News Giant headless statue of King James and stones from a 12th century monastery: Rievaulx Abbey's stores set for May openingConservators in North Yorkshire are taking care of a set of 12th century stones and a giant statue of King James, beheaded during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.13 March 2016 -
News "That's what archaeology is all about": Mesolithic shaman's necklace in Yorkshire could be earliest art from period found in BritainAn 11,000-year-old pendant found at the famous Star Carr site in North Yorkshire is the earliest known Mesolithic art in Britain and could have belonged to a shaman, say archaeologists.25 February 2016 -
Curator's Choice Curator's Choice: Jane Sellars on Sonia Lawson's Paintings, Passions and Alarms at the Mercer Art GalleryAhead of an exhibition of the artist's works in Harrogate, curator Jane Sellars picks out Sonia Lawson's paintings inspired by a visit to the Brontë Parsonage museum with her mother and daughter.30 October 2015 -
Competition Win tickets to Musicport Festival in North YorkshireSee (and hear) Terry Hall, Afrikan Boy, Attila the Stockbroker and more by winning tickets to Musicport Festival later this month.02 October 2015 -
Preview Hit the North! The best art exhibitions to see in the North of England during 2015What are the best exhibitions to see in the North of England between now and Christmas? From Sheffield to Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle and Liverpool - check them out here.25 September 2015 -
C24 Feature Artist's Statement: Francesca Simon on the clarity of age and the beauty of the North York MoorsFrancesca Simon, who graduated from Central St Martins in 2010, on succeeding in the art world at the age of 62 and the pull of the North York Moors.31 August 2015 -
Object of the Week Object of the Week: An 18th century anti-slavery brooch inspired by Josiah WedgwoodThis plaintive plea encircles the figure of a manacled and kneeling slave on a piece of jewellery which was to become a hugely important part of the British abolition movement.29 July 2015 -
Article Did flying heroine Amy Johnson visit Scarborough? Coffee shop owners appeal for help over mystery photographCould pioneering aviator and feminist icon Amy Johnson have visited Scarborough?17 July 2015 -
News Archaeologists thrilled by lucky discovery of 2,000-year-old Roman god figurine in YorkshireRebecca Griffiths, the Finds Liaison Officer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme at the York Museums Trust, says the 1,000th recorded discovery of the year was part of a happy coincidence.01 June 2015 -
News Heated dining rooms and butchery: The robbed Roman villa found by archaeologists in YorkshireRead about the Aiskew Roman villa and ditched enclosure archaeologists have uncovered as part of a £34 million new bypass in the North Yorkshire market town of Bedale.03 April 2015 -
News World War I Leeds Pals village and German POW camp rediscovered by archaeologistsArchaeologists have found sauce and beer bottles, broken crockery and children's toys from a rural Yorkshire village which once housed workers, Leeds Pals battalions and German Prisoners of War.26 September 2014 -
In Pictures In Pictures: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Harewood House's Tour de FranceWilliam, Kate and Prince Harry saw the Tour off, cycling star Lizzie Armistead camped overnight and The Red Arrows and World War II planes soared as Le Tour visited Yorkshire.08 July 2014 -
C24 Feature Ten exhibitions and events to see in UK galleries and museums for the Tour de FranceThe Yorkshire Festival heralds exhibitions ranging from French porcelain to giant outdoor sculptures, while a land art project stretches across the South Pennine area.05 July 2014 -
Curator's Choice Curator's Choice: The 19th century velocipede boneshaker bicycle in YorkshireJennifer Dunne, the Collections Manager at Scarborough Museums Trust, on a bike far removed from the Tour de France's Grand Départ in Yorkshire this summer.10 April 2014 -
News Dinosaur toe bone found in Doncaster to return home to Scarborough after 50 yearsA metatarsal of a sauropod, spotted as a missing specimen in the collection at Doncaster Museum, is to return to the Rotunda collection for the first time since 1964.09 April 2014 -
News Tiny Yorkshire fishing museum appeals for memories of centuries-old marine industryNearly 50 years after saving the Filey Museum's 17th century home, the town's Historical Society are calling on the public to provide their memories for a new book.03 April 2014
