OCTOBER 2016 TO MARCH 2017
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Fabulous family events
across Durham University this Winter CLUBS Little Bookworms
Little Dragons
Palace Green Library
Oriental Museum
Little Bookworms is a group for children under 5, their parents and carers. Come along every Monday morning 10.30am11.30am for fantastic stories, crafts, messy play, singing, games and much more.
Little Dragons is the Oriental Museum’s group for under 5s, their parents and carers. Come along every Wednesday between 10am-11am for fun crafts, messy play, object handling, stories and role playing.
£1 per child (parents/carers free). No booking necessary, just drop in. For further information please contact +44 (0)191 334 2932.
£1 per child (parents/carers free). No booking necessary, just drop in. For further information please contact +44 (0)191 334 5691.
Durham Archaeology Explorers Oriental Museum Children aged 7 - 11 years are invited to join Durham University Museums’ Archaeology Club. The group meets on the first Saturday of the month from 2pm-4pm at the Oriental Museum. Through exciting hands-on experiments and activities, the club investigates all aspects of archaeology and explores Durham’s own archaeological secrets. Charges apply. Spaces are limited, so booking is required. For further information please call +44 (0)191 334 5694.
PLEASE NOTE • Events are drop-in and there is no need to pre-book activities, unless otherwise stated
• Participation in all activities is included in the usual admission price, unless otherwise stated
• Children under 16 MUST be accompanied by an adult
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• Activities are generally suitable for children aged 5 – 11 years, unless otherwise stated
Adults without children are generally discouraged from taking part in family events, but may be allowed to do so at the discretion of the event leader, should places be available
OCTOBER Sat 1 – Mon 31 Oct
SIGNS OF AUTUMN
10am-5pm
Pick up an Explorer Activity Pack from the Visitor Centre and see what you can discover in the garden. (Subject to availability.)
Sat 1 Oct
OFFERINGS TO THE ANCESTORS
1pm-3pm
From mobile phones to trainers, paper offerings in all shapes and sizes are burned as offerings for the dead in Vietnam. Come along and make your own weird and wonderful offerings.
Sat 1 & Sun 2 Oct
PILOT A PEG PLANE
1pm-3pm
Make your own Peg Plane, taking inspiration from the aircraft of the First World War.
Sat 8 Oct
AWESOME ART
1pm-3pm
Celebrate the opening of our new art exhibition and create your own lino print to take home. Aprons will be provided.
Sat 8 & Sun 9 Oct
STUNNING STAINED GLASS
1pm-3pm
Sat 15 & Sun 16 Oct 1pm-3pm
Sat 15 & Sun 16 Oct 1pm-3pm
Sat 15 & Sun 16 Oct 10am-3pm
TRADITIONAL CRAFTS WEEKEND Silversmith Les Howe and his wife Vivienne, an artist and card designer, will demonstrate their skills in the garden.
Take inspiration from buildings on the Durham World Heritage Site to create a stained glass style hanging.
SWASHBUCKLING SWORDS Take inspiration from our archaeology gallery and design your own swashbuckling sword.
CROWDCRAFT! Help us ‘crowdcraft’ lots of beautiful decorations to get the museum ready for Diwali. Activities include traditional Diya painting, lantern making and mandala decorating. Free Entry.
Botanic Garden
Oriental Museum
Palace Green Library
Oriental Museum
Palace Green Library
Palace Green Library
Oriental Museum
Botanic Garden
Sat 22 Oct
SAMURAI SWORDS
1pm-3pm
Find out about Japanese samurai warriors and make a sword. Free Entry.
Sat 22 & 23 Oct
BRILLIANT BOOKMARKS
1pm-3pm
Tues 25 – Thurs 27 Oct 1pm-3pm
We wouldn’t be a library if we didn’t have books! Look after your books by creating a bookmark.
CELEBRATE SCIENCE Durham University invites you to Celebrate Science 2016.
Oriental Museum
Palace Green Library
Palace Green
Celebrate Science is back! Enjoy 3 fun-packed and fascinating days of FREE events and activities. Explore outer space, carry out amazing experiments and discover how science shapes your world. So what are you waiting for? Start celebrating science. Visit: www.durham.ac.uk/ celebrate.science
10am-3pm
CELEBRATE SCIENCE: TERRIBLE TEETH
Wed 26 Oct
HAUNTING HALLOWEEN
1pm-3pm
Join us for the ever-popular spooky mask making session.
Wed 26 Oct
FAMILY FUN TOURS
2.15pm
Enjoy a family-focused tour around Durham Castle with activities for children throughout the tour. Explore what it was like to live and work in Durham Castle in the past and find out more about some of the characters that have made Durham Castle their home over the centuries. Normal charges apply and please book in advance to avoid disappointment.
Wed 26 Oct
Oriental Museum
‘Celebrate Science’ at the Oriental Museum and explore Ancient Egyptian surgery and dentistry and craft your own set of teeth to take home.
Please contact castle.tours@durham.ac.uk or +44 (0)191 334 2932 to book your place. Please note that there may be queues, as there is a limit on the number of people allowed in Durham Castle at one time.
Botanic Garden
Durham Castle
Oriental Museum
Fri 28 Oct
CHARIOTS OF FIRE
1pm-3pm
Explore the Oriental Museum’s newest public art installation – a life size horse-drawn chariot, then craft your own chariot to take home.
Fri 28 Oct
HAPPY HALLOWEEN – SPECIAL LATE NIGHT OPENING
6pm-8pm
Oriental Museum
Celebrate Halloween with some Japanese spooky stories and monster crafts. Fancy dress encouraged! Booking essential. To book, contact the Oriental Museum. Charges apply.
Sat 29 & Sun 30 Oct
HARROWING HALLOWEEN
1pm-3pm
Come and join us to create your very own spooky mask to scare everyone this Halloween.
Sat 29 Oct
POWERFUL POTS
1pm-3pm
Explore the Oriental Museum’s beautiful collection of Chinese ceramics and decorate your own porcelain vase to take home.
Palace Green Library
Oriental Museum
Sun 30 Oct
CREEPY FAMILY FUN TOUR
2.15pm
Enjoy a special spooky family fun tour around Durham Castle and grounds and hear some of the stories we usually leave out. Normal charges apply and please book in advance to avoid disappointment.
Durham Castle
Please contact castle.tours@durham.ac.uk or +44 (0)191 334 2932 to book your place. Please note that there may be queues, as there is a limit on the number of people allowed in Durham Castle at one time.
Sun 30 Oct 6pm-8pm
DIWALI - SPECIAL LATE NIGHT OPENING
Oriental Museum
Celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, with this special late night opening. Try fun crafts, listen to traditional Indian stories and sample Diwali foods. The Museum will be decorated in spectacular style and the first 100 children receive a free flower garland. Charges apply.
NOVEMBER Tues 1 – Wed 30 Nov
WINTER WONDERLAND
10am-4pm
Pick up an Explorer Activity Pack from the Visitor Centre and see what you can discover in the garden. Subject to availability.
Sat 5 Nov
GREAT GLASS
1pm-3pm
Explore our new installation of glass art and decorate your own glass jar to take home.
Sat 5 & Sun 6 Nov
FANTASTIC FRIENDS
1pm-3pm
Celebrate the opening of our new ‘Hearing Voices’ exhibition and create your own personal mascot.
Sat 12 Nov
DELIGHTFUL DESERTS
1pm-3pm
Our new photography exhibition features beautiful images of deserts. Come along and create your own sandy desert picture.
Sat 12 & Sun 13 Nov
WORRY DOLLS
1pm-3pm
Create your own worry doll and tell them all your secrets.
Botanic Garden
Oriental Museum
Palace Green Library
Oriental Museum
Palace Green Library
Sat 19 Nov
HOORAY FOR HIEROGLYPHS
1pm-3pm
Make an Ancient Egyptian cartouche and print your name with hieroglyph stamps.
Oriental Museum
Oriental Museum
Sat 19 Nov 1pm-3pm
TOUCH TOUR SPECIAL EVENT Celebrate Interfaith Week with us with this special curator-led object handling session. Get hands on with Hindu, Sikh, Islamic and Buddhist objects from the Oriental Museum’s collections. Booking essential. For more information and for bookings, please visit www.durham. ac.uk/oriental.museum Sat 19 & Sun 20 Nov 10am-3pm
Sat 19 & Sun 20 Nov
TRADITIONAL CRAFTS WEEKEND Silversmith Les Howe and his wife Vivienne, an artist and card designer, will demonstrate their skills in the garden.
NORTHERN POETS
1pm-3pm
Create your own ‘cut-up’ poems inspired by the poetry of the First World War.
Sat 26 Nov
TOWERING TEMPLES
1pm-3pm
Find out about Sikhism and create your own Golden Temple to take home.
Sat 26 & Sun 27 Nov
SOOTHING STRESS BALLS
1pm-3pm
Have you ever felt stressed? Make and decorate your very own stress ball.
Botanic Garden
Palace Green Library
Oriental Museum
Palace Green Library
DECEMBER Thurs 1 – Sat 31 Dec 10am-4pm
WINTER WONDERLAND Pick up an Explorer Activity Pack from the Visitor Centre and see what you can discover in the garden. (Subject to availability.)
Fri 2 Dec
DURHAM’S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL
Sat 3 Dec
Durham’s award-winning, 22nd annual Christmas Festival returns, with a wide range of festive entertainment for all the family. Charges apply. See website for more information.
10am-5pm 9am-6pm
Sun 4 Dec
10am-4pm
www.durhamchristmasfestival.com
Sat 3 Dec
MAGNIFICENT MOON JARS
1pm-3pm
Take a look at our beautiful moon jar, then sculpt your own from clay.
Sat 3 & Sun 4 Dec
CHRISTMAS CRAFTS
1pm-3pm
Make a very special decoration to take home and hang on your tree.
Sat 10 Dec
DRESSED TO IMPRESS
1pm-3pm
Celebrate the opening of our new Japanese ‘Dressed to Impress’ exhibition by dressing up in a kimono and creating your own drawstring purse to take home.
Sat 10 & Sun 11 Dec
FESTIVE CARDS
1pm-3pm
With Christmas fast approaching, what better way to send season’s greetings than with a festive card?
Sat 17 Dec
CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD
1pm-3pm
Find out how Christmas is celebrated around the world and make your own Christmas decorations to take home.
Sat 17 & Sun 18 Dec
SWIRLING SNOWFLAKES
1pm-3pm
Create your own snowflake decoration to hang in your window at home.
Botanic Garden
Durham City and Palace Green
Oriental Museum
Palace Green Library
Oriental Museum
Palace Green Library
Oriental Museum
Palace Green Library
JANUARY Sun 3 Jan – Tues 31 Jan
WINTER WONDERLAND
10am-4pm
Pick up an Explorer Activity Pack from the Visitor Centre and see what you can discover in the garden. (Subject to availability.)
Sat 7 Jan
INTERESTING INDIA
1pm-3pm
Create your own Indian miniature painting, just like the famous Mughal emperors of the past.
Sat 7 & Sun 8 Jan
NEW YEAR’S FIREWORKS
1pm-3pm
Celebrate 2017 by making fabulous firework pictures to welcome back family activities for the new year.
Sat 14 Jan
MYSTERIOUS MUMMIES
1pm-3pm
Animals were mummified in Ancient Egypt. Explore our collection of cat, bird and snake mummies, and then make your own animal mummy.
Sat 14 & Sun 15 Jan
Botanic Garden
Oriental Museum
Palace Green Library
Oriental Museum
Palace Green Library
1pm-3pm
LOCAL POEMS Create poems about where you live inspired by the poetry from Durham and the North East.
Sat 21 Jan
FANTASTIC FANS
1pm-3pm
Check out our lovely Korean fan and make your own to keep cool with.
Sat 21 & Sun 22 Jan
MESMERISING MIND JARS
1pm-3pm
Make your own mind jar, a relaxing creation of glitter and colour.
Oriental Museum
Palace Green Library
Sat 28 Jan
THE YEAR OF THE ROOSTER
1pm-3pm
Celebrate the start of the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese zodiac with rooster-themed crafts and activities.
Sat 28 & Sun 29 Jan
DREAM DIARIES
1pm-3pm
Create a dream diary for you to fill in with all of your happiest dreams. They could be what you want or what you have actually dreamt.
Oriental Museum
Palace Green Library
FEBRUARY Wed 1 –Tues 28 Feb
SIGNS OF SPRING
10am-4pm
Pick up an Explorer Activity Pack from the Visitor Centre and see what you can discover in the garden. (Subject to availability.)
Sat 4 Feb
WONDERFUL WHEELS
1pm-3pm
Explore Tibetan culture and create your own Tibetan prayer wheel.
Sat 4 & Sun 5 Feb
CONCENTRATED COLOURING
1pm-3pm
Sun 5 Feb 11am-3pm
GET THE GIRAFFITUDE ATTITUDE FOR NATIONAL STORYTELLING WEEK Popular UK author Ingrid Sylvestre will be telling stories featuring her famous giraffe family, The Neckmans.
Colouring in is one of the best ways to soothe anxiety and eliminate stress. Using pattern and images from our collections come and colour in, draw on your creativity and hone your focus.
Botanic Garden
Oriental Museum
Palace Green Library
Botanic Garden
Sat 11 Feb
SHIMMERING SHIMLA
1pm-3pm
Explore our new photographic exhibition all about the Indian city of Shimla and create your own sun print to take home.
Sat 11 Feb
LUNAR NEW YEAR LANTERN FESTIVAL – SPECIAL LATE NIGHT OPENING
6pm-8pm
Oriental Museum
Oriental Museum
A special late night opening at the Oriental Museum to mark the Lunar New Year Lantern Festival, the end of the New Year festivities. For one night only see the Museum lit only by lanterns. Try fantastic crafts, listen to stories, enjoy a gallery hunt and dance with our dragon. First 100 children receive a free lantern. Charges apply.
Sat 11 & Sun 12 Feb
BRILLIANT BADGES
1pm-3pm
Create a badge to remember your visit to Palace Green Library. Use our museum as inspiration.
Sat 18 Feb
AWESOME ANIMALS
1pm-3pm
Animals have inspired artists and craftspeople all over the world. See how many animals you can spot in the galleries and make an animal mask.
Sat 18 & Sun 19 Feb
FUNNY FACES
1pm-3pm
Make a mask that can show the emotions you are feeling today.
Palace Green Library
Oriental Museum
Palace Green Library
Sat 22 Feb
Durham Castle
2.15pm
FAMILY FUN TOUR Enjoy a family-focused tour around Durham Castle, with activities for children throughout the tour. Explore what it was like to live and work in Durham Castle in the past and find out more about some of the characters that have made Durham Castle their home over the centuries. Normal charges apply and please book in advance to avoid disappointment. Please contact castle.tours@durham. ac.uk or +44 (0)191 334 2932 to book your place. Please note that there may be queues, as there is a limit on the number of people allowed in Durham Castle at one time.
Wed 22 Feb
POWERFUL PYRAMIDS
1pm-3pm
Explore our two Ancient Egyptian galleries and build your own pyramid, complete with secret treasure inside.
Fri 24 Feb
MAGIC MOSAICS
1pm-3pm
Find out about mosaics in the ancient world and create your own unique design from glass tiles to take home.
Sat 25 Feb
CRAZY CLOCKS
1pm-3pm
Take a look at our famous Chinese astronomical clock and create your own timepiece to take home.
Sat 25 Feb
ENDING EXHIBITIONS
1pm-3pm
This weekend our exhibitions are coming to an end. Come and create some of our best family activities from the past four months.
Oriental Museum
Oriental Museum
Oriental Museum
Palace Green Library
MARCH
Wed 1 – Fri 31 March
SIGNS OF SPRING
10am-5pm
Pick up an Explorer Activity Pack from the Visitor Centre and see what you can discover in the garden. (Subject to availability.)
Sat 4 March
LOVELY LACQUER
1pm-3pm
Follow in the footsteps of Vietnamese craftspeople and create your own unique artwork using crushed egg shells.
Sat 4 & Sun 5 March
BRILLIANT BOOKS
1pm-3pm
Fri 10 March 7pm-9pm
TOUCH TOUR Visitors with visual impairments are invited to this curator-led touch tour of specially selected objects. To find out more, and for bookings, visit www.durham.ac.uk/ oriental.museum
Celebrate World Book Day by making a notebook to record your thoughts and ideas.
Botanic Garden
Oriental Museum
Palace Green Library
Oriental Museum
Sat 11 March
AUTISM FRIENDLY EARLY BIRD OPENING
10am-12noon
Visitors with autism, learning or sensory disabilities, together with their families and carers, are invited to an early bird opening, before the general public have access to the museum. Craft activities available too. Free entry.
Oriental Museum
To find out more, visit www.durham.ac.uk/oriental.museum
Sat 11 March
SUPER SOLDIERS
1pm-3pm
Learn about the Chinese terracotta army, and make your own terracotta warrior from clay.
Sat 11 & Sun 12 March
MARVELLOUS MARBLING
1pm-3pm
Ever wondered how to produce marbled paper? Here’s your chance to have a go.
Oriental Museum
Palace Green Library
Oriental Museum
Sun 12 March
HOLI FESTIVAL
12noon-5pm
Welcome the spring season to Durham with our Holi festival. The event will include timed powder throws with a free environmentally and skin-kind powder sachet of brightly coloured Holi powder for each participant. Alongside powder throws, there will also be free Holi craft activities and stories. For more information visit the website www.durham.ac.uk/oriental.museum
Sat 18 March
SUPER SPHINX
1pm-3pm
With the head of a human and the body of a lion, the Ancient Egyptian sphinxes were terrifying! Come along and sculpt your own.
Sat 18 & Sun 19 March
CURIOUS CREATURES
1pm-3pm
Sat 18 & Sun 19 March 10am-4pm
Have you seen our cabinet of curiosity? Take inspiration from the animals on display to create a mask inspired by these curious creatures.
TRADITIONAL CRAFTS WEEKEND Silversmith Les Howe, and his wife Vivienne, an artist and card designer, demonstrate their craft skills in our garden.
Saturday 25 March
Oriental Museum
Palace Green Library
Botanic Garden
Oriental Museum
1pm-3pm
TERRIFIC TILES Come and see the beautiful Middle Eastern tiles on display in the West Asia gallery and decorate your own porcelain tile to take home.
Sat 25 & Sun 26 March 1pm-3pm
COLOURFUL CERAMICS Take inspiration from our archaeology collections and make your own ceramic masterpiece to take home.
Palace Green Library
TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS PALACE GREEN LIBRARY 5 Nov 2016 - 26 Feb 2017 Hearing Voices: suffering, inspiration and the everyday From the revelatory and inspirational voices of medieval mystics to those of imaginary friends in childhood, and from the inner voices of writers as they craft their stories to those we hear as we read them, this exhibition will explore the complexity and diversity of the experience and interpretation of voice-hearing.
PALACE GREEN LIBRARY 19 Nov 2016 - 26 Feb 2017 ‘The best words in the best order’ – Poetry in Durham and the North East Contemplating the story of poetry in the north east, this exhibition takes an inspired look at the connections between poetry and life.
ORIENTAL MUSEUM 30 Sept 2016 - 6 Nov 2016 Opening the Door: Discovering Durham University’s Western Art Collection Durham University is home to a significant collection of 20th century and 21st century prints
featuring works by Andy Warhol, Eric Gill, Sandra Blow, Peter Blake and Barbara Hepworth. This exhibition presents a selection of works from the collection and asks visitors how the collection should be used in the future.
ORIENTAL MUSEUM 14 Oct 2016 - 30 March 2017 In the Image of the Other: Visualising a British-Himalayan Town, Shimla Shimla is the capital of the north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It was the summer capital of British India from 1864-1947. The British built Shimla as their ‘little version of England’. Photographer Siddharth Pandey examines the natural and built spaces of Shimla, reflecting on the town’s unique history.
ORIENTAL MUSEUM 11 Nov 2016 - 30 March 2017 A Forgotten Campaign In the midst of World War I, restless British officers and officials stationed in Sudan hungered to play their part. In 1916 the British invaded Darfur. This exhibition uses images from Durham University’s Sudan Archive to tell the story of the invasion and its aftermath.
ORIENTAL MUSEUM 9 Dec 2016 - June 2017 Dressed to Impress: netsuke and Japanese men’s fashion A British Museum exhibition featuring a selection of delightfully detailed netsuke and other traditional Japanese male accessories from their collections.
ACCESSIBLE TOURS
NEW
Accessible Tours: The Oriental Museum runs regular tours for visitors with sensory impairments. To find out more about our programme of touch tours and please visit www.durham.ac.uk/oriental.museum We are running a number of touch tours during the year, but not the BSL (British Sign Language) tours this time.
DURHAM WORLD HERITAGE SITE
WORLD HERITAGE SITE VISITOR CENTRE
DURHAM CASTLE GUIDED TOURS
The World Heritage Site Visitor Centre, on Owengate, Palace Green, enhances the experience of visitors to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Durham Cathedral and Castle. The Visitor Centre provides visitors with an overview of what a World Heritage Site is, what makes Durham significant, and what there is to see and do on the peninsula.
Durham Castle is a unique building with over 900 years of history. Today it is a Grade I Listed Building, an Accredited Museum, part of the World Heritage Site and home to University College, the founding college of Durham University. Enjoy a tour round this unique building and discover some of the history that has put Durham on the map.
The Visitor Centre also provides a central point of information about places to visit on the World Heritage Site including the Castle and the Cathedral with its Claustral Buildings housing the Treasures of St Cuthbert. The Centre also complements the work of Durham University Palace Green Library on the opposite side of the green.
Tours during University Terms 12 October-18 December 2016 18 January-18 March 2017
Like the rest of the World Heritage Site, the Visitor Centre provides interactive experiences for visitors including exhibitions, performances and hands-on family activities. The World Heritage Site Visitor Centre can be contacted on visitor.centre@durham.ac.uk or on +44 (0)191 334 3805. For more information on the Durham World Heritage Site visit: www.durhamworldheritagesite.com
Tours are normally available every afternoon of the week at 1.15pm, 2.15pm, 3.15pm and 4.15pm. Tours during University Vacations 18th March - 23rd April 2017 Tours are normally available every morning of the week at 10.15am and 11.15am and in the afternoons when there are no events at 12.15pm, 2.15pm, 3.15pm and 4.15pm. To book a tour and for daily information on guided tour times visit www.durham.ac.uk/durham.castle or contact Palace Green Library on +44 (0)191 334 2932 or the World Heritage Site Visitor Centre on +44 (0)191 334 3805 or look online.
OTHER ATTRACTIONS Durham University has a wealth of other attractions, offering a range of events, musicals, concerts, lectures and workshops for all ages. For the full listing visit www.durham.ac.uk/whatson or visit the individual sites below.
INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDY The IAS offers an extensive and thought-provoking programme of public lectures and seminars covering a myriad of topics, all tackling themes of public interest. Talks are free and open to all. Please visit our website for more information and lecture listings: www.durham.ac.uk/ias Institute of Advanced Study Tel: +44 (0)191 334 2589 Email: enquiries.ias@durham.ac.uk
DURHAM STUDENT THEATRE With an exciting variety of cutting edge drama, epic musicals, hilarious sketch comedy and intimate productions, DST brings the best of British and International theatre to Durham. Please visit our website for more information and performance listings: www.durham.ac.uk/DST Durham Student Theatre Tel: +44 (0)191 334 1419 Email: student.theatre@durham.ac.uk
MUSICON
Musicon is the University’s Public Concert Series. Administered by the Department of Music, Musicon promotes twelve concerts throughout the year, as well as a regular lunchtime concert series. Please visit our website for more information and performance listings: www.durham.ac.uk/musicon.concerts Musicon Tel: +44 (0)191 334 3156
DURHAM UNIVERSITY VENUES
ORIENTAL MUSEUM Elvet Hill, Durham DH1 3TH Tel: +44 (0)191 334 5694 oriental.museum@durham.ac.uk www.durham.ac.uk/oriental.museum Opening times: Mon-Fri: 10am-5pm Weekends & Bank Holidays: 12noon5pm
BOTANIC GARDEN Hollingside Lane, Durham DH1 3TN Tel: +44 (0)191 334 5518 botanic.garden@durham.ac.uk www.durham.ac.uk/botanic.garden Opening times: March – Oct, 10am5pm. Nov – Feb, 10am-4pm.
Admission: Adults: £1.50, Child (5-16) & 60+: £0.75, Family (2+3): £3.50, Students & U5s: FREE Additional information: Wheelchair access, accessible toilet, baby changing, café, shop and limited free parking. Admission: Adults: £4, Child (5-16): £1.50, 60+, Wheelchair Users and Reg. Disabled: £3, Students & U5s: FREE. Additional information: Wheelchair access, accessible toilet, baby changing, café, shop and free parking.
PALACE GREEN LIBRARY: EXHIBITIONS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Palace Green, Durham DH1 3RN Tel: +44 (0)191 334 2932 pg.library@durham.ac.uk www.durham.ac.uk/palace.green Opening times: Mon: 12noon-4.45pm Tues – Fri: 10am-4.45pm
Admission: For exhibition admission charges please visit website. Additional information: Wheelchair access, accessible toilet, baby changing, café and shop.
See website for details of programme.
DURHAM CASTLE Palace Green, Durham DH1 3RW Tel: +44 (0)191 334 2932 castle.tours@durham.ac.uk www.durham.ac.uk/durham.castle Guided tours: Adult £5, Concessions (60+, students, U16s) £3.50,
Family day ticket (2+3) £12, Group rates (10+) Adults £4.50, Child / Senior citizen £3. Additional information: Limited wheelchair access, please speak to staff for specific details.
MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY Palace Green Library, Palace Green, Durham DH1 3RN Tel: +44 (0)191 334 2932 archaeology.museum@durham.ac.uk www.durham.ac.uk/archaeology.museum Opening times: Mon: 12noon-4.45pm Tue – Sun: 10am-4.45pm
Admission: Free of charge Additional information: Accessible toilet, baby changing, café and shop
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