What’s On Events Calendar

Join Student Art Prize Artist in Residency, Sarah Calavera for a talk about her practice and residency.

• Creative
• Everyone

Get ready for the Lunar New Year Lantern Festival and make tissue paper lantern to decorate the museum.

• Family friendly
• Children and families

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
• Family friendly
• Under 5s

Everyone is welcome at this spectacular Lunar New Year Lantern Festival.

• Festival
• Performance
• Family friendly
• Children and families
• Everyone
• School students

Explore our new exhibition about man who loved cats and make a super cute cat puppet.

• Family friendly
• Children and families

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
• Family friendly
• Under 5s

Ever wondered about the huge door at the Oriental Museum? Make your own mysterious 3D doorway...

• Family friendly
• Children and families

Bring the whole family and enjoy a fun tour around Durham Castle, with activities for children throughout!

• Public
• Tour
• Family friendly
• Children and families

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
• Family friendly
• Under 5s

Try out our new audio guide and find out about an ancient Egyptian man called Paser. Then create your own Paser clay statue.

• Family friendly
• Children and families

Explore the museum after hours in this alternative museum scavenger hunt with the Art Collection.

• Creative
• Everyone

Join Curator of the Korean Collections, Lauren Barnes to learn more about our current temporary exhibition, 'Knitted Together: the Korean lives and legacies of Richard and Joan Rutt'. In this talk, Lauren will share stories of two of the main donors to the Oriental Museum's Korean collection, Richard and Joan Rutt, and give an insight into their fascinating collection and its journey from Daejeon in South Korea, to the Oriental Museum in Durham.

• Lecture
• Outreach & community
• Public
• Talks, training, seminars & conferences
• Everyone

Be prepared to get messy and make your own monoprint artwork.

• Family friendly
• Children and families

Join the Saturday Archaeological Illustration Club to develop your skills in archaeological illustration. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned illustrator, these sessions offer a chance to refine your technique, interact with real artefacts, and engage with the archaeology community in a relaxed, informal environment.

• Creative
• Outreach & community
• Public
• Talks, training, seminars & conferences
• Family friendly
• Everyone
• Lifelong Learners and Community groups
• Local and family historians
• Students in HE

Get interactive with the Crazy Creatures visiting the Garden for the day.

• Family friendly

See a traditional set of Japanese Hina Matsuri dolls - only displayed for a short time each year in the run up the Hina Matsuri - and create your own Emperor or Empress doll to take home.

• Family friendly
• Children and families

Create your own felted landscape artwork.

• Creative
• Public
• Workshop
• Everyone
• Friends of the Oriental Museum
• Lifelong Learners and Community groups

Come along to the Botanic Garden to share the Day of Reflection with us.

• Family friendly

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
• Family friendly
• Under 5s

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
• Family friendly
• Under 5s