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Schools

Welcome to York Art Gallery's schools pages.

Download York Museums Trust Learning Workshops for Primary Schools 2012/13

We are now closed for a major redevelopment until Easter 2015 when we will reopen with 60 per cent more gallery space and a new Centre for British Studio Ceramics.

During the closure we will be running new art workshops running at York Castle Museum and the Yorkshire Museum .

Meet the Team

The Learning Team receive the Sandford Award

York Museums Trust has again been awarded the Sandford Award for Heritage Education and the Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge for all our site, reflecting our high quality learning service.

All our sessions are delivered by experienced learning staff and include special opportunities for pupils to handle real museum artefacts from our collections.

Learning Staff

Amy Parkinson, Learning Manager
Joanne Upton, Learning Co-ordinator
Lucy Knock, Assistant Curator of Social History Learning (on maternity leave)
Sarah Mortimer, Assistant Curator of Social History Learning (maternity cover)
Gaby Lees, Assistant Curator of Arts Learning
Emma Williams, Assistant Curator of Science and Archaeology Learning
Aisha Ali-Sutcliffe, Assistant Curator of Learning, Creative and Community Projects
Lynda Withers, Education Assistant

Follow us on Twitter @YMT_ Learning for all the latest news on schools, events, adult workshops and more.

What our Visitors Think

"York Art Gallery contains important works of art in a newly refurbished gallery that is a great space for learning. Children learn to engage with art at a deeper level than simply gazing at paintings.

"The staff are enthusiastic and the sessions they lead are well thought through. Pupils will leave the Gallery enlightened, enthused and motivated about art." Sandford Award judge, 2011.

York Art Gallery, York Castle Museum and the Yorkshire Museum & Gardens have all been awarded the Sandford Award for Heritage Education.