Television viewers will be able to see East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s assistant curator in the libraries, archives and museums service, Alfred Williams, based at Beverley and Goole, in the final of Mastermind on BBC Two.
Viewers will find out how he got on when the final is screened on Friday, 23 March, at 8pm.
The Treasure House in Beverley has unveiled its exciting and varied programme of events and exhibitions for 2018.
Although the highlight of 2018 will be the 53rd Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition from 14 July to 8 September, East Riding of Yorkshire Council has announced a full programme of events at the popular venue for the next year.
Tiny Treasures at the Treasure House in Beverley are free sessions designed for under 5s to explore the museum and art gallery collections.
Each session has a different theme and includes hands-on activities, which range from messy play to handling objects, and sand play to craft activities.
A new exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery from Saturday 16 December will highlight The Humber Estuary.
One of the largest estuaries in the UK, the Humber stretches almost 70 kilometres from Goole to Spurn Point.
The latest display by the Skidby Mill volunteer team opens at lunchtime on Tuesday, 12 December.
Entitled Helping Out: Friendly Societies in East Yorkshire the display looks at a wide variety of societies such as the Freemasons, Druids, United Free Gardeners, Temperance societies and the Foresters that have existed over the last 200 years or so.
Karl Blossfeldt: Art Forms in Nature is a Hayward Touring exhibition from Southbank Centre, London, which presents an original portfolio of 40 photogravures from 1932.
The photogravures were titled ‘Wundergarten der Natur’ and were edited by the artist and published in the year of his death. The exhibition gives an opportunity to see an exemplary set of Blossfeldt’s signature close-up images of plants and flora.
A powerful and emotive street performance drawing links between the slave trade and the repression of those living with a disability is taking place in Hull this Friday.
Slave to the Senses is a factual, contemporary and theatrical production performed by adults with learning difficulties.
Hull will soon be joining the likes of London, Edinburgh and Bath as a brand new city tour bus is announced.
The Hull Explorer will be an open top bus which will take visitors on a tour around the city centre’s most fascinating sights. Calling at the Cenotaph, Queen Victoria Square, the Wilberforce Monument, Old Town, the Museums Quarter, Hull Minster/Trinity Square, The Deep and the Marina, a tour guide will tell the story of the city, giving a fascinating insight into Hull, past and present.
The Treasure House in Beverley will host a fascinating talk on Thursday 15 June at 6.30pm, when guest speaker Paul Brunyee will explore the links between Beverley and the Battle of Waterloo.
The battle of Waterloo and the Peninsular War resulted in a tremendous outpouring of writing both in letters and diaries.
The Humber Museums Partnership, a consortium of Hull, East Riding and North Lincolnshire Museums Services, is excited to announce the launch of its latest project – The Humber 250 trail.
The Humber 250 trail takes people on a scenic journey throughout the rich landscapes of Humber region, linking 70 fascinating sites of interest ranging from Museums and Art Galleries, Historic Houses and Gardens, Industrial and Wartime Heritage and Archaeology and Architecture.
12,000 people flocked to the High Street and Museums Quarter in for the 2016 event and on Saturday 13 May, the area will once again be transformed into a medieval market place.
Hanse Day celebrate’s Hull historic place in the Hanseatic Leage, an international commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns.
Libraries, archives and museums manager, Kevin Hadfield says visitors figures to the amazing Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition were stunning.
His comments come after it was revealed that a staggering 74,425 people visited the Treasure House in Beverley to enjoy this unique opportunity.
Sewerby Hall and Gardens, near Bridlington, are looking for volunteers to help with three aspects of their visitor programme in 2017.
Costume Project Volunteers are needed to help to run sewing and costume- making sessions in the Orangery every Monday during the season when the house is open to the public, between Easter and the end of October.
Yorkshire is known for its breath-taking views, wonderfully warming cups of tea and friendly folk, however it’s probably less known as being an excellent place to live for first time buyers and young professionals.
The beauty of Yorkshire isn’t just the greenery or the rich heritage but the beauty really lies in it being an accessible place for many people to start on the property ladder.
A programme of talks and photography workshops has been announced to accompany the hugely popular Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition running at the Treasure House in Beverley until 22 April, one of the key East Riding events in Hull UK City of Culture 2017, in which East Riding of Yorkshire Council is a Principal Partner.
Tuesday 21 March will see a talk by award-winning wildlife photographer George Stoyle (current winner of the British Wildlife Photography Award) at the Treasure House, at 6.30pm : ‘Photography in Conservation and Environmental Research’.
This month will see more family events to accompany the hugely popular Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Treasure House in Beverley running until 22 April, one of the key East Riding events in Hull UK City of Culture 2017, in which East Riding of Yorkshire Council is a Principal Partner.
On Saturday 11 March, the Treasure House will host ‘Crazy Cardboard Critters’ from 10am until 3pm.
A new exhibition, entitled “Keldgate”, opens at the Beverley Guildhall on Friday, 3 March.
Keldgate, the exhibition, looks at the history of this apparently unprepossessing street, which many see simply as a route from A to B, and unlocks some of the more interesting aspects of the street’s development and its many fascinating buildings.
Staff at the Treasure House in Beverley are celebrating the success of the Really Really Wild Day.
A stunning total of 2500 people visited the event, which featured Ben Shires from CBBC; a chance to see and interact with a polar bear; handle and learn about a range of animals; and be entertained by Professor Bumble the Badger and Headmistress Miss Nutella Nutkins of the Acorn Academy with their little gyspy cart.