What’s On Events Calendar
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.
Self-Guided Tours
01 September 2024 - 31 August 2025
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tours have audio descriptions, images and videos as well as lots of information and statistics.
- Open days & visits
Join us for Fika!
20 November 2024 - 20 November 2024
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Do you work or study at Durham University? Are you interested in what we do here at the Institute for Medical Humanities? Then come and join us for Fika!
- Other
Global Studies Centre Seminar with Prof Dariusz Dąbrowski (Gdańsk University of Technology)
20 November 2024 - 20 November 2024
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Join us for a Centre for Global Studies seminar with Professor Dariusz Dąbrowski (Gdańsk University of Technology)
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
EFAG Seminar with Professor Victor Maas (University of Amsterdam)
20 November 2024 - 20 November 2024
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Join us for a Centre for Ethical Finance, Accountability and Governance seminar with Professor Victor Maas (University of Amsterdam)
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
From IP Law to Practice - The Many Paths To a Successful Career
20 November 2024 - 20 November 2024
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Join Nigel Swycher (Chad’s/Law) and Richard Kempner (Aidan’s/ Law) for presentations from two alumni who graduated from Durham in the 1980s and reached the pinnacle of the Intellectual Property profession.
- Lecture
Department Research Seminars - Michaelmas Term 2024.
20 November 2024 - 20 November 2024
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Departmental Research Seminar for students and staff.
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Digital Twins: Understanding 3D images, and thinking of their methods of creation and reuse
20 November 2024 - 20 November 2024
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join us for a workshop on creating a digital replica of an existing object, suitable for people without any background in computer science, as well as providing worthwhile content for computing specialists. Come prepared for an eye-opening session! Part of the Durham Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC) Visual Methods Workshop Series 2024-25.
- Creative
- Discussion
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Workshop
Neurodiversity: A new paradigm in our understanding of intelligence, and its implications for education, health, and the economy
20 November 2024 - 20 November 2024
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Centre Public Lecture - Dr Tony Lloyd (CEO of the ADHD Foundation, UK).
- Outreach & community
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Public
- Research event
Inventions: the harpsichord across time and borders
20 November 2024 - 20 November 2024
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Inventions is a fascinating trans-national project to promote and present unusual music for solo harpsichord, drawing primarily on historical and contemporary music by female composers from Scotland, Ireland and England. Three beautiful new commissions are set alongside historical works, making links between different countries and centuries, and performed by Katarzyna Kowalik, a creative and skilled performer of both historical and contemporary keyboard music.
- Music
9 to 5: The Musical
20 November 2024 - 23 November 2024
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
‘Pour yourself a cup of ambition’ and book your tickets, as Durham University Light Opera Group (DULOG) meets Dolly Parton in this hilarious and heart-warming tale of friendship, female empowerment and fighting for what’s right!
- Music
- Performance
- Public
- Theatre
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.