York History Weekend On 25 September, the festival will be making its debut at the historic city of York for three days of talks. The beautiful Merchant Adventurers Hall, one of the most important buildings in medieval York and still …
York Researchers Night (Yornight) is a European funded initiative held simultaneously in cities across the whole of Europe. On 25 September the University, in partnership with York Museums Trust, is hosting an evening of discovery in venues across York city …
York Art Gallery hosts ‘Ceramic Art York‘ to mark the opening of the new Centre of Ceramic Art (CoCA). Presented by the Craft Potters Association of Great Britain and York Museums Trust, Ceramic Art York is a weekend-long showcase of …
In the last few days, visitors to Museum Gardens who have taken the new pathway past the pavilion will have spotted the diminutive frame of artist Janette Ireland hard at work. She has been installing the giant jigsaw pieces which …
YPS is commissioning a recognition stone in York Cemetery for John Phillips (1800-1874). The first keeper of the Yorkshire Museum, John Phillips, was a brilliant scientist and nephew of William Smith, the father of English geology. The stone will be …
Yorkshire Gardens Trust offers grants, up to £1,000, to any public park, ornamental designed landscape and garden groups who may be looking for funding. The closing date is 30 September 2015 and grants will be allocated in March 2016. Further …
This latest photograph from Janette Ireland, the artist creating the pebble mosaic of the Yorkshire Section of William Smith’s famous map, shows she has now finished the whole of the county in her studio. The remaining part of the mosaic will include …
The Geological Map Team – YPS members Rod & Margaret Leonard, Vivien Irish, and Gardens Manager Alison Pringle, recently visited the home and studio of designer Janette Ireland, to view the progress of our mosaic. This will represent the Yorkshire section of …
Designer Janette Ireland is making good progress on pre-fabricating the blocks which will fit together to make the Geological Map which will be installed in Museum Gardens. Her latest photo shows Spurn Point and the mouth of the Humber, and …
Following the Cafe Scientifique session on “Fossils and Fracking”, with geologist Liam Herringshaw, you can read more about the research that geologists are undertaking into Fracking issues on the ReFINE website. ReFINE is the leading independent consortium on fracking, led jointly …
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