What’s On Events Calendar
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Building closure - upcoming dates
Due to extensive roofing works at Palace Green Library, there will be times when we have to close the building to visitors between summer 2024 and spring 2025, with no access to Museum of Archaeology, Cosin’s Library, Penned and Printed exhibition and World Heritage Site Visitor Centre.
Visit our Tickets and Times pages at each venue for more information.
Durham Castle Self-Guided Day
16 August 2023 - 16 August 2023
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Durham Castle
Join us on a self-guided day and experience history and tales from 1000 years of living history.
- Public
- Everyone
Drawing Workshop
16 August 2023 - 16 August 2023
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Have fun and experiment with our exciting drawing challenges.
- Creative
- Everyone
Autism-Friendly Crafts Activities
17 August 2023 - 17 August 2023
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Join us for some fun, FREE autism-friendly crafts for families at the Oriental Museum.
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Outreach & community
- Family friendly
- Children and families
Twilight Opening at Oriental Museum
17 August 2023 - 17 August 2023
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Oriental Museum is open until 7pm the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month. We have an additional evening opening 31st August.
- Exhibitions
- Lates
- Public
- Everyone
Super Scarabs
18 August 2023 - 18 August 2023
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Spot the Ancient Egyptian scarab beetles on display and make your own from clay.
- Creative
- Everyone
Exciting Writing
19 August 2023 - 19 August 2023
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Find out about cuneiform, one the world's oldest forms of writing and try writing your own inscription.
- Creative
- Everyone
Little Dragons
23 August 2023 - 23 August 2023
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Oriental Museum
Join us at the Oriental Museum on Wednesday mornings for Little Dragons, our FREE session for children under 5 and their families/carers. Each session will be packed full of exploring the museum galleries, fun craft activities, singing, games and stories.
- Creative
- Public
Little Dragons
23 August 2023 - 23 August 2023
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Oriental Museum
Join us at the Oriental Museum on Wednesday mornings for Little Dragons, our FREE session for children under 5 and their families/carers. Each session will be packed full of exploring the museum galleries, fun craft activities, singing, games and stories.
- Creative
- Public
Awesome Archaeology
23 August 2023 - 23 August 2023
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Explore the archaeology of the Indus Valley people and make a clay animal figure.
- Creative
- Everyone
Twilight Opening at Palace Green Library
24 August 2023 - 24 August 2023
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Museum of Archaeology, Durham World Heritage Site Visitor Centre
Palace Green Library is open until 7pm the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month.
- Exhibitions
- Lates
- Public
- Everyone
Twilight Talk - A library full of good books the story of Cosins Library
24 August 2023 - 24 August 2023
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM
Museum of Archaeology, Historic Libraries, Durham World Heritage Site Visitor Centre
Founded in 1669, Cosin’s Library is one of the earliest public libraries in the North of England. In this talk, we will explore why Bishop John Cosin created this library and why it is so significant.
- Exhibition
- Lecture
- Outreach & community
- Public
- Everyone
Tile Painting Workshop
25 August 2023 - 25 August 2023
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Come and see some beautiful tiles on display and paint your own tile to take home.
- Creative
- Everyone
Magic Carpets
26 August 2023 - 26 August 2023
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Make a mini paper carpet inspired by colours and patterns in our Silk Roads Gallery.
- Creative
- Everyone
Durham Castle Self-Guided Day
29 August 2023 - 29 August 2023
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Durham Castle
Join us on a self-guided day and experience history and tales from 1000 years of living history.
- Public
- Everyone
Little Dragons
30 August 2023 - 30 August 2023
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Oriental Museum
Join us at the Oriental Museum on Wednesday mornings for Little Dragons, our FREE session for children under 5 and their families/carers. Each session will be packed full of exploring the museum galleries, fun craft activities, singing, games and stories.
- Creative
- Public
Little Dragons
30 August 2023 - 30 August 2023
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Oriental Museum
Join us at the Oriental Museum on Wednesday mornings for Little Dragons, our FREE session for children under 5 and their families/carers. Each session will be packed full of exploring the museum galleries, fun craft activities, singing, games and stories.
- Creative
- Public
Durham Castle Self-Guided Day
30 August 2023 - 30 August 2023
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Durham Castle
Join us on a self-guided day and experience history and tales from 1000 years of living history.
- Public
- Everyone
Jun, Yaozhou and Longquan. Three separate kilns, three common factors. A lecture by Rose Kerr
31 August 2023 - 31 August 2023
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Oriental Museum
This lecture by world-renowned curator and expert on Chinese ceramics, Rose Kerr, draws on themes from three of her recent books.
- Public
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Everyone
- Friends of the Oriental Museum
Twilight Opening at Oriental Museum
31 August 2023 - 31 August 2023
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Oriental Museum is open until 7pm the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month. We have an additional evening opening 31st August.
- Exhibitions
- Lates
- Public
- Everyone
What’s on across our venues
Our unique cultural attractions include Durham Castle, Botanic Garden, Historic Libraries at Palace Green, Oriental Museum, Museum of Archaeology and our World Heritage Site Visitor Centre. Whatever your interest, there's something for everyone to enjoy.
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