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Hello, we're the Learning and Collections Team at York Minster! yorkminster.org/discover/ @York_Minster Joined May 2019-
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Scenes from within York Minster...long wait to visit..need to return..so much to take in @YorkminLearning @YorkminChoir @Yorkmin @ExploreChurches @CityofYork @VisitYork #YORKnews #YORK
York Minster’s new schools’ learning programme for 2024 👇 yorkminster.org/latest/york-mi…
Many thanks to archivist Sarah Griffin & the York Minster Library & Archive Team (@YorkMinLearning) for letting Literature students taking our Dawn of Print module handle & explore your incredible 18th-century special collections this morning! 🙌
To celebrate the Chelsea Flower Show this week, we bring you the Gardner Chasuble, dated to c. 1700-50. It was given to York Minster by the British diarist Faith Gray who improved education for poor girls in York. What objects do you have that feature flowers? 🏵️🌼
Happy International Museum Day🏛️ Come visit the Undercroft where you can follow in the footsteps of Roman soldiers, discover the Minster's Viking connection and see archaeology over centuries. A treasure not to be missed includes the Horn of Ulf! What are your favourite objects?
Are you watching the Eurovision Song Contest tonight? In celebration of music, we take a look at the rare music manuscript "Zadok the Priest" that survived our 1829 fire. Show us your sweet melodies 🎶
For International Day for Monuments and Sites, we welcome you to come to the Minster to see our 267 monuments! Here is an impressive Grinling Gibbons one commemorating Archbishop Dolben in the South Quire Aisle. How sweet are the cherubs?👼
We're having lots of fun in our Chapter House with Toolbox Drama CIC. We're making a soundscape as part of our Autism Acceptance Week events. #AutismAcceptanceWeek #AutismAcceptance #AutismAwarenessWeek
For World Autism Acceptance Week, we are hosting exciting events to create a ‘Mindful Minster.’ This piece of art work has been created at the Hands Together art workshop and there are plenty more storytelling, dance, drama, singing and mindfulness sessions to come🌈
We're open for browsing! Our new opening times are Monday – Thursday: 09:30 – 12:30, 13:30 – 16:30. Pre-booked appointments for Library Special Collections & Archival items are available on Monday -Wednesdays. See our website for more info: yorkminster.org/visiting-york-… @York_Minster
Today marks 194 years since Jonathan Martin deliberately started a fire in York Minster. Read on to discover more about the event in 1829 which led to £3,000,000 of damage 👇(1/10)
It's #HeritageTreasures Day and we're celebrating the Great East Window! Support from @HeritageFundUK ensured that the Great East Window is safe for generations! #Didyouknow it's the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in Britain? Celebrate with us and tag us in your pics!
For #Woodensday, we are sharing … A shortbread mould! One of the more curious items in the @York_Minster collection, this foliated mould dates from the late 17th or early 18th Century and reads ‘May the Bountiful Lord bless this our bread at Table’. Who fancies a snack?🙋
🎆Happy New Year!🎆The York Minster Learning & Collections Team wish you a happy and healthy 2023! If you’ve been thinking of exploring our collections, now is the perfect time to book an appointment! Follow the link! tinyurl.com/4npkfr5v
🎁 MERRY CHRISTMAS! 🎁 At York Minster we wish you all a Merry Christmas filled with happiness and joy! This impressive nativity scene hangs below the Great East Window in the Minster and is our collection's gift to you this Christmas. #YMCollectionsCountdown
🐭 1 DAY 'TIL CHRISTMAS! 🐭 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse!' This cute wee mouse was carved into one of our prayer benches by Yorkshire furniture maker Robert ‘Mousey’ Thompson #YMCollectionsCountdown
🔔 2 DAYS 'TIL CHRISTMAS! 🔔 This nativity illustration from the 15th century Horae BVM (Blessed Virgin Mary) Book of Hours is our #FindsFriday contribution. The scene is splendidly decorated with gold leaf being used for their halos. #YMCollectionsCountdown
☃️ 3 DAYS 'TIL CHRISTMAS! ☃️ These St. Nicholas Chapel kneelers are based on the carol ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’. In this selection we have see nine ladies dancing, five gold rings and a partridge in a pear tree!💍🐦 #YMCollectionsCountdown #YorkMinster
🎅4 DAYS 'TIL CHRISTMAS! 🎅As Christmas approaches, we can’t get enough of St. Nicholas at York Minster! Here he sits as an oak carved statue above the altar in his chapel in the North Transept of the Cathedral #Woodensday #YMCollectionsCountdown
💮 5 DAYS 'TIL CHRISTMAS! 💮 Feliz Natal! This 18th century Portuguese chasuble is a treasure in our collection! Made with rose silk, this section shows exquisitely embroidered flowers and angels surrounding the Virgin and Child. #TextileTuesday #YMCollectionsCountdown

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