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Find out more about our extensive programme of specialist decorative arts tours, exhibitions, illustrated talks and special events. Please join our mailing list to enable us to keep you up to date with future activities.

23 June - 31 December 2008

A Taste for China House Opening Times

House entry prices apply A Taste for China
Celebrating links with China, this exhibition show examples of Chinese lacquerwork, porcelain, teawares, fans and textiles.


8 September 2008

19 September 2008
The Art of the Garden 10am to 5pm
Friends Meeting House, Castlegate & Fairfax House

£35

SOLD OUTThe Art of the Garden
A special symposium looking at how the products of the garden have been used over the centuries to decorate homes.


20 - 28 September 2008
Flowers in the English Country House House Opening Times

House entry prices apply Flowers in the English Country House
Flower Festival in Fairfax House. Arrangements supplied by the Acomb Flower Guild with a special arrangement included from international flower arranger George Smith


24 September 2008
The English Bottom 7.00pm

£12 (senior citizens and students £10) inc. wine and soft drink

SOLD OUTThe English Bottom
English Decorative chairs from 1570-1800


26 September 2008
Time for Tea 7.00pm

£12 (senior citizens and students £10) inc. tea and soft drinks Time for Tea
Tracing the history of tea and relationships with China and concluding with a tea tasting session.


26 September 2008
Time for Tea 3.30pm

£12 (senior citizens and students £10) inc. tea and soft drinks

SOLD OUTTime for Tea
Tracing the history of tea and relationships with China and concluding with a tea tasting session.


5 October 2008
Walking with the Georgians 10.30am to 1.30pm

£15 (to include refreshments)

SOLD OUTWalking with the Georgians
A new walking tour exploring the Mansion House and other Georgian buildings in York.


9 October 2008
Getting Plastered 7.00pm

£12 (senior citizen and students £10) inc wine and soft drinks Getting Plastered
English Decorative plasterwork from 1570-1800.


7 November 2008
A Jacobean Feast 6.30pm

£70 A Jacobean Feast
A feast not to be missed at Middlethorpe Hall!


9 November 2008
John Carr 12.30pm

£10 (senior citizens and students £8)

SOLD OUTJohn Carr
Visit two of York's finest Georgian Houses - Fairfax and Castlegate House.


14 November 2008
Chinoiserie Decoration 3.30pm

£10 (senior citizens and students £8) Chinoiserie Decoration
Find out more about how Chinese Art inspired Georgian decorations.


1 - 31 December 2008
Christmas with Jane Austen House Opening Times

House entry prices apply Christmas with Jane Austen
See how Jane Austen would have celebrated Christmas. This exhibtion uses evidence of family papers, diaries and household accounts.


7 December 2008
Music in the 18th Century Country House 2.30pm

£12 (senior citizens and students £10) inc wine and soft drinks Music in the 18th Century Country House
Adrian Le Harivel, a curator at the National Gallery of Ireland, will examine the evolution of country house music and highlight the context in which it was performed and played.