What’s On Events Calendar

Listen to the performers or sign-up in this after-hours open mic at the museum.

• Creative
• Everyone
• Friends of the Oriental Museum
• Lifelong Learners and Community groups
• Students in HE
• Young People

A youth group for 12-18 year olds to learn practical art skills.

• Creative
• School students
• Young People

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

• Accessible
• Exhibition
• Lates
• Public
• Everyone

Dive into The Dynamic Universe of Gel Printing!

• Creative
• Lates
• Workshop
• Everyone
• Lifelong Learners and Community groups
• School students
• Students in HE
• Teachers / Home Educators
• Young People

Find out about teru teru bozu - the famous Japanese weather doll and have a go at making one.

• Family friendly
• Children and families

Following the success of last year’s inaugural Botanic Garden Fun Day, this has now become an annual event and will take place on Sunday 16 June, from 10am-4pm. This family-friendly, Fun Day offers loads of free activities, all in the beautiful surroundings of the Garden.

• Family friendly
• Children and families

Join us at this special awards evening and view the Student Art Prize 2023/24 shortlisted exhibition.

• Creative
• Exhibition
• Lates
• Student experience
• Talks, training, seminars & conferences
• Alumni
• Everyone
• Students in HE

Join us for some fun, autism-friendly crafts for families at the Oriental Museum when the galleries are quieter. Experiment with ways of folding, scrunching and sticking to make your own paper sculpture.

• Accessible
• Creative
• Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
• Outreach & community
• Public
• Workshop
• Family friendly
• Children and families
• Everyone

Explore our new exhibition all about play and toys, then try making your own game.

• Family friendly
• Children and families

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

• Accessible
• Exhibition
• Lates
• Public
• Everyone

Join this year’s Museum of Archaeology's MA Museum and Artefact students as they explore some of the interesting objects from their exhibition Under Durham: The untold stories, and how they discovered and researched the stories behind them.

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

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.

• Creative
• Everyone

Want to sharpen your drawing skills or draw? Join our Arts Social with Durham University's Art Collection for a tutored drawing session.

• Creative
• Everyone
• Lifelong Learners and Community groups
• Students in HE

Explore the Oriental Museum's collection of Japanese Manga comics and create your own to take home.

• Family friendly
• Children and families

Want to sharpen your drawing skills or draw? Join our Arts Social with Durham University's Art Collection for a tutored drawing session.

• Creative
• Everyone
• Lifelong Learners and Community groups
• Students in HE

Tanabata is the Japanese summer star festival. Find out about this special time of year and make tanabata decorations.

• Family friendly
• Children and families

Join us for a creative workshop led by artist Gail Bell and design your own silk painting.

• Workshop
• Everyone

The Durham MG & Classic Car Club was formed in 2001 for local car enthusiasts interested in MG cars, both classic and modern. This informal gathering will showcase cars representing models produced from the late 1940s through to the early 2000s.

• Family friendly
• Children and families

A youth group for 12-18 year olds to learn practical art skills.

• Creative
• School students

Want to sharpen your drawing skills or draw? Join our Arts Social with Durham University's Art Collection for a tutored drawing session.

• Creative
• Everyone
• Lifelong Learners and Community groups
• Students in HE