What’s On Events Calendar
Voices: contemporary art and craft from the Middle East and North Africa
29 September 2023 - 12 May 2024
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Oriental Museum
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
- Everyone
Paper Playground
30 March 2024 - 30 March 2024
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Paper was invented in China. Find out how paper changed our world and make your own paper playground!
- Family friendly
- Children and families
- Everyone
Interesting X-Rays
03 April 2024 - 03 April 2024
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Take a look at some x-rays of the Ancient Egyptian animal mummies.
- Outreach & community
- Public
- Family friendly
- Children and families
- Everyone
Beautiful Birds
06 April 2024 - 06 April 2024
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Spot the magical hintha bird on display and make your own feathery friend to take home.Â
- Outreach & community
- Family friendly
- Children and families
- Everyone
Yummy Bunnies
10 April 2024 - 10 April 2024
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Check out our brand new China Gallery displays!
- Creative
- Family friendly
- Children and families
Lecture: the Collector's Eye: Chinese ceramics from the Sir Percival David Foundation and Rt Hon Malcolm MacDonald
10 April 2024 - 10 April 2024
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Oriental Museum
A Friends of the Oriental Museum lecture by Colin Sheaf, Chairman of the Sir Percival David Foundation
- Lecture
- Friends of the Oriental Museum
Get Ready for Vaisakhi
12 April 2024 - 12 April 2024
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Vaisakhi is the Sikh New Year festival.
- Family friendly
- Children and families
Celebrating Eid Al-Fitr
13 April 2024 - 13 April 2024
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 13 April 2023, 12.00 – 3.00pm.
- Festival
- Everyone
Celebrating Eid Al-Fitr
13 April 2024 - 13 April 2024
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Celebrate Eid Al-Fitr and join us for an afternoon of arts and crafts, delicious food and readings. Everyone welcome.
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Festival
- Family friendly
- Children and families
- Everyone
- School students
- Students in HE
- Under 5s
- Young People
Autism-Friendly Family Activities
18 April 2024 - 18 April 2024
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Join us for some fun, autism-friendly crafts for families at the Oriental Museum when the galleries are quieter. Explore the museum galleries and have fun making pasta jewellery.
- Accessible
- Creative
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Outreach & community
- Public
- Workshop
- Family friendly
- Children and families
- Everyone
Foraged and Found Collages
20 April 2024 - 20 April 2024
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Come and be creative!
- Family friendly
- Children and families
Art Social: Life Drawing at the Oriental Museum
24 April 2024 - 24 April 2024
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Led by artist Isabel Gotti, join us for life drawing in the museum.
- Creative
- Lates
- Outreach & community
- Public
- Student experience
- Workshop
- Alumni
- Everyone
- Friends of the Oriental Museum
- Lifelong Learners and Community groups
- Local and family historians
- Students in HE
Blossom Week: 'The Trees Have Spoken'
27 April 2024 - 27 April 2024
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Blossom has begun to appear all around us!
- Creative
- Family friendly
- Children and families
Japanese Children's Day
04 May 2024 - 04 May 2024
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Come and join in the fun!
- Family friendly
- Children and families
Froggy Friends
11 May 2024 - 11 May 2024
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Fascinating froggy friends in the Oriental Museum!
- Family friendly
- Children and families
Autism-Friendly Family Activities
16 May 2024 - 16 May 2024
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Join us for some fun, autism-friendly crafts for families at the Oriental Museum when the galleries are quieter. Experiment with colour, shape and pattern and paint your own unique artwork.
- Accessible
- Creative
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Outreach & community
- Public
- Workshop
- Family friendly
- Children and families
- Everyone
Buddha's Birthday
18 May 2024 - 18 May 2024
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Come and celebrate Buddha's birthday with us!
- Festival
- Family friendly
- Children and families
Celebrating Durham Pride
25 May 2024 - 25 May 2024
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Come and start the Pride celebrations!
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Family friendly
- Children and families
High and Mighty
29 May 2024 - 29 May 2024
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Explore our new photography exhibition!
- Family friendly
- Children and families
ART SOCIAL: Feel My Words: The Power of Text in Visual Art
29 May 2024 - 29 May 2024
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Oriental Museum
Join poet, picture-maker and playwright Lizzie Lovejoy in a workshop to combine creative writing and visual art.
- Creative
- Lates
- Performance
- Student experience
- Workshop
- Everyone
- Lifelong Learners and Community groups
- School students
- Students in HE
- Young People
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.