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Events from the 18 July 2024 Reset
Penned and Printed
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.)
27 May 2023 - 31 March 2025
Palace Green Library
- Exhibition
Student Art Prize 2023/34: Paradise
Visit the Student Art Prize 2023/24 exhibition and explore this years theme of Paradise.
01 May 2024 - 31 March 2025
10:00 AM - 4:00 AM
Palatine Center Stockton Rd, Durham DH1 3LE
- Creative
- Library and Collections
Toy Box: celebrating toys and games across cultures
A student-led, family-friendly summer exhibition showcasing toys from across Asia and Egypt to celebrate a simple fact of humanity: we all love to play.
23 May 2024 - 15 September 2024
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Oriental Museum, Elvet Hill, Durham, DH1 3TH
- Creative
- Exhibition
- Exhibitions
- Public
- Family friendly
Eternal Ascent: Bentley Beetham and the 1924 Mount Everest Expedition
This exhibition marks the centenary of the 1924 Mount Everest Expedition, the first Western, and ultimately tragic, attempt to climb the highest mountain in the world.
24 May 2024 - 15 September 2024
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Oriental Museum, Elvet Hill, Durham, DH1 3TH
- Creative
- Exhibition
- Exhibitions
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Public
- Family friendly
Under Durham: The Untold Stories
When you think about the history of Durham, what comes to mind? Beautiful architecture, rich and powerful people and the history you find in textbooks. But how often do we stop and think about the lives of ordinary people? This exhibition explores the past of Durham through the ordinary people who lived and worked here.
24 May 2024 - 21 November 2024
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Museum of Archaeology, Palace Green Library, Palace Green, Durham DH1 3RN
- Exhibition
Repair and Care: The Norman Chapel Project
Have you ever looked at an ancient castle and wondered how it’s still standing? This exhibition will explore the history of construction and building conservation at Durham Castle, with a particular focus on the Norman Chapel Project, a long-term endeavour to preserve the oldest free-standing building in Durham.
24 May 2024 - 17 November 2024
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Durham Castle, Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3RW
- Exhibition
DU Poetry Society 'Living Objects'
Living Objects shows a display of poems by DU Poetry Society
31 May 2024 - 30 September 2024
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Oriental Museum Elvet Hill Durham DH1 3TH
- Exhibition
- Exhibitions
- Library and Collections
Strike! Art Collective
STRIKE is a new women-led public art collective in County Durham. Together they use public art to take up space without apology, saying farewell to the many ‘sorrys’ of the women who walked before them.
28 June 2024 - 14 November 2024
Outdoor Art Gallery Outside the Bill Bryson Library Stockton Rd, Durham DH1 3LY
- Creative
- Library and Collections
Lego Fun: Autism-Friendly Family Activities
Join us for some autism-friendly lego fun for families at the Oriental Museum when the galleries are quieter.
18 July 2024
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Oriental Museum
- Accessible
- Creative
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Outreach & community
- Public
- Workshop
- Family friendly