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What’s On Events Calendar

Use our calendar to find out what’s happening on the date you are visiting Durham, or search by event type, venue, or theme.
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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.

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Durham Business School Postgraduate Events

01 September 2023 - 31 August 2024

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Our Events will give you the opportunity to learn more about what Durham Business School has to offer for postgraduate study.

  • Open days & visits

Voices: contemporary art and craft from the Middle East and North Africa

29 September 2023 - 12 May 2024

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

An exhibition celebrating the work of emerging contemporary artists and designers from the Middle East and North Africa recently acquired by the Oriental Museum.

  • Exhibitions

Discover Durham Live Virtual Sessions

17 October 2023 - 20 June 2024

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Book a Discover Durham Live Virtual Session- come and hear from our current students!

  • Open days & visits

Student Film Competition 2024

01 January 2024 - 30 June 2024

12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

The inaugural Durham-BFI partnership student filmmaking competition launched this year.

  • Creative
  • Film screening
  • Student experience

Alice Dalí AR: A Rabbit Hole Awaits

05 May 2024 - 31 October 2024

12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

Botanic Garden

Alice Dalí AR is a new augmented reality experience at Durham's Botanic Garden that combines paintings by Salvador Dalí with passages from Lewis Carroll’s book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and a magical soundtrack.

  • Festival
  • Holiday activities
  • Partnerships & Collaboration
  • 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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