Events from the 23 September 2024 - 29 September 2024 Reset
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
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
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
Durham Castle, Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3RW
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
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
Join the curator of Durham Castle as they explore the recent complex conservation project to protect and preserve the Norman Chapel for the future.
26 September 2024
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Bishop‘s Dining Room Durham Castle Palace Green DH1 3RW
Drawing on the objects and photographs of the main donors to the Korean collection at the Oriental Museum, Knitted Together details Richard and Joan Rutt’s 20 years living in South Korea in the immediate aftermath of the Korean War (1950 – 1953).
28 September 2024 - 04 May 2025
Oriental Museum, Elvet Hill, Durham, DH1 3TH
Find out about Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year festival, and make a shofar musical instrument.
28 September 2024
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Oriental Museum