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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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Little Dragons

24 May 2023 - 24 May 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

Fragments from History exhibition tour

25 May 2023 - 25 May 2023

3:15 AM - 4:15 PM

Durham Castle

Learn more about the current exhibition hosted inside Durham Castle and have more time to enjoy it at the end of a standard tour.

  • Exhibition
  • Public
  • Tour
  • Everyone

Twilight Opening at Palace Green Library

25 May 2023 - 25 May 2023

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Palace Green Library is open until 7pm the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month.

  • Exhibitions
  • Lates
  • Public
  • Everyone

Twilight Talk: Tunstall and the Tudors

25 May 2023 - 25 May 2023

5:45 PM - 6:45 PM

Museum of Archaeology, Historic Libraries, Durham World Heritage Site Visitor Centre

Cuthbert Tunstall is one of Durham’s most interesting and least understood Bishops. Not just a religious figure, Cuthbert was a diplomat, mathematician, book collector and gardener who survived and thrived in Tudor England. Find out more in this talk.

  • Exhibition
  • Lecture
  • Everyone

Penned and Printed

27 May 2023 - 31 March 2025

12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

Historic Libraries

An exhibition of our Archives and Special Collections, telling hidden stories from the shelves and strongrooms. (Please note, access to this exhibition will be affected by the upcoming Palace Green Library closure dates.)

  • Exhibition
  • Everyone

Buddha's Birthday

27 May 2023 - 27 May 2023

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Oriental Museum

Celebrate the most important day in the Buddhist calendar and join us for making, meditation, talks on Buddhism and traditional Buddha Bathing. Suitable for all the family.

  • Creative
  • Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
  • Festival
  • Holiday activities
  • Outreach & community
  • Public
  • Everyone

Little Dragons

31 May 2023 - 31 May 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

31 May 2023 - 31 May 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 Archers

31 May 2023 - 31 May 2023

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Oriental Museum

Find out about our archers' thumb rings and make a mini bow and arrow set to take home.

  • Creative
  • Holiday activities
  • Outreach & community
  • Public
  • Everyone

Fragments from History exhibition tour

01 June 2023 - 01 June 2023

3:15 AM - 4:15 PM

Durham Castle

Learn more about the current exhibition hosted inside Durham Castle and have more time to enjoy it at the end of a standard tour.

  • Exhibition
  • Public
  • Tour
  • Everyone

Twilight Opening at Oriental Museum

01 June 2023 - 01 June 2023

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Oriental Museum

Oriental Museum is open until 7pm the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month.

  • Exhibitions
  • Lates
  • Public
  • Everyone

Ancient Egyptian Shabti Making Workshop

02 June 2023 - 02 June 2023

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Oriental Museum

Find out why the Ancient Egyptians placed shabti figures inside their tombs and create your own shabti from clay.

  • Outreach & community
  • Public
  • Everyone

Beautiful Birds

03 June 2023 - 03 June 2023

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Oriental Museum

Spot the magical hintha bird on display and make your own feathery friend to take home.

  • Creative
  • Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
  • Holiday activities
  • Outreach & community
  • Public
  • Everyone

Little Dragons

07 June 2023 - 07 June 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.

  • Accessible
  • Public

Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

07 June 2023 - 10 September 2023

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Oriental Museum

This moving exhibition, produced in collaboration with the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, highlights the devastation wreaked by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

  • Exhibitions
  • Everyone

Little Dragons

07 June 2023 - 07 June 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.

  • Accessible
  • Public

Fragments from History exhibition tour

08 June 2023 - 08 June 2023

3:15 AM - 4:15 PM

Durham Castle

Learn more about the current exhibition hosted inside Durham Castle and have more time to enjoy it at the end of a standard tour.

  • Exhibition
  • Public
  • Tour
  • Everyone

Twilight Opening at Palace Green Library

08 June 2023 - 08 June 2023

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Palace Green Library is open until 7pm the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month.

  • Exhibitions
  • Lates
  • Public
  • Everyone

Interesting X-Rays

10 June 2023 - 10 June 2023

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Oriental Museum

Take a look at some x-rays of the Ancient Egyptian animal mummies on display and make your own x-ray picture.

  • Creative
  • Holiday activities
  • Outreach & community
  • Public
  • Everyone

Little Dragons

14 June 2023 - 14 June 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.

  • Accessible
  • Public

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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