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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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Contemporary Wood-carved Netsuke

20 January 2023 - 14 May 2023

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Oriental Museum

An international touring exhibition from the Japan Foundation.

  • Public
  • Everyone

Stories from the River: Explore the collection of Gary Bankhead, underwater archaeologist

20 February 2023 - 23 April 2023

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Museum of Archaeology

The exhibition explores the stories connected through objects discovered in the River Wear, evoking the social history of Durham’s past 800 years. It has been co-curated by underwater archaeologist Gary Bankhead and the Museum of Archaeology. It will feature around 200 of the 13,500 artefacts that have been found in the River Wear by Gary since 2008, in a friendly-family display.

  • Exhibition
  • Everyone

Signs of Spring in April

01 April 2023 - 30 April 2023

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Botanic Garden

Pick up a spotter sheet from the Visitor Centre and see what you can discover in the garden (subject to availability of leaflets).

  • Holiday activities
  • Public
  • Everyone

Celebrating Eid Al-Fitr

22 April 2023 - 22 April 2023

12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Oriental Museum

Celebrate Eid Al-Fitr at the Oriental Museum and join us for an afternoon of arts and crafts, food and readings on Saturday 22 April 2023, 12.00 – 3.00pm.

  • Festival
  • 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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