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Learn about the ever-present wonderful world of ‘marvellous microbes’ with our family-friendly interactive demonstrations.

Learn more about the thrill of 'wonder' in Shakespeare's The Tempest and try your hand at printing a portion of Shakespeare's play on a historic printing press.

Visit the Beats Bus on Parliament Street and find out how this mobile recording studio gives young people a voice through music and art workshops.

Explore the wonders of our world and beyond with hands-on, creative, scientific and interactive activities.

Explore the wonders of our world and beyond with hands-on, creative, scientific and interactive activities.

Join us for hands-on, interactive activities and find out about some of the exciting research being carried out in York.

Join us for hands-on, interactive activities and find out about some of the exciting research being carried out in York.

Join us for a fun, hands-on exhibition and discover how scientists are exploring ways of creating an environmentally friendly future.

Join us for an afternoon of energetic, crafty, puzzling, scientific and historical fun with University of York postgraduate students and staff.

Calling all budding young storytellers! Discover the wonderful world of kamishibai, a centuries-old Japanese storytelling tradition.

Explore robots and AI technologies in this hands-on exhibition and watch the latest technology park a car without anyone at the wheel.

Join us for an afternoon of fun activities designed to help everyone live a more active and healthy life.

Zombies have taken over York! Come along and watch as University of York scientists dissect a captured zombie, and help us save the city through hands-on activities.

Learn about the ever-present wonderful world of ‘marvellous microbes’ with our family-friendly interactive demonstrations.

Zombies have taken over York! Come along and watch as University of York scientists dissect a captured zombie, and help us save the city through hands-on activities.

Take part in a literary treasure hunt and search for extracts from a prize-winning short story tucked away in hidden locations across York city centre.

Join us for a family-friendly day of exploration - from the frontiers of space, to unexplored worlds underwater, to the extreme conditions of the Poles.

Join us for a game of 'Who's coming for dinner?' and learn how science is rediscovering the diets of people living in the first millennium Mediterranean.

Drop in and use our Lego and Duplo to build the wonderful city of York – past, present or future.

Find out about the ‘dark side’ of the Moon and much more as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Moon landings with a hands-on, family-friendly workshop.

Find out about the ‘dark side’ of the Moon and much more as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Moon landings with a hands-on, family-friendly workshop.

Find out about the ‘dark side’ of the Moon and much more as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Moon landings with a hands-on, family-friendly workshop.

Join Rosalyn Leaman of the University of York for an informal session in the ancient and medieval arithmetical gymnasium.

Join actor and physics teacher Lara Stafford as she investigates the science of York, and witness some experiments along the way.

Join actor and physics teacher Lara Stafford as she investigates the science of York, and witness some experiments along the way.

Join us for a unique opportunity to visit York Design Award-winning buildings from the first 12 years of the scheme.

Come and explore the wonders of woodmeadow with expert naturalists from the Woodmeadow Trust.

Join actor and physics teacher Lara Stafford as she investigates the science of York, and witness some experiments along the way.

Join us for a unique opportunity to visit York Design Award-winning buildings from the first 12 years of the scheme.

Join actor and physics teacher Lara Stafford as she investigates the science of York, and witness some experiments along the way.

Join actor and physics teacher Lara Stafford as she investigates the science of York, and witness some experiments along the way.

Join actor and physics teacher Lara Stafford as she investigates the science of York, and witness some experiments along the way.

Join actor and physics teacher Lara Stafford as she investigates the science of York, and witness some experiments along the way.

Join actor and physics teacher Lara Stafford as she investigates the science of York, and witness some experiments along the way.

Join actor and physics teacher Lara Stafford as she investigates the science of York, and witness some experiments along the way.

Join actor and physics teacher Lara Stafford as she investigates the science of York, and witness some experiments along the way.

Join actor and physics teacher Lara Stafford as she investigates the science of York, and witness some experiments along the way.

Join actor and physics teacher Lara Stafford as she investigates the science of York, and witness some experiments along the way.

Join us as the winners are announced of the 13th annual York Design Awards.

Explore creative texts which focus on the cyclical changes that occur in the garden and out in the field at this creative writing workshop.

Join us for a creative writing workshop focusing on the contemplation and expression of worldwide wonders through the written word.

York St John University staff and students celebrate the wonders of Global Englishes through an introduction to literature, food and other traditions and customs.

Calling all home-stitchers. Join our workshop and help create a wonderful object that tells the stories of the unsung expertise of home-stitchers.

Consider the important role of ‘wonder’ at a writing workshop led by poet JT Welsch and fiction writer Sam Reese.

Through firsthand accounts and immersive VR technologies, this interactive workshop highlights the skills and capacities of autistic adults.

The LUMA Film Festival features screenings of University of York student work, plus talks and workshops led by leading professionals in the UK film and television industry.

The LUMA Film Festival features screenings of University of York student work, plus talks and workshops led by leading professionals in the UK film and television industry.

Come along and create your own decorative papers using cornstarch paste.

Could you be a bookmaker? Join staff from York Minster and York Explore Library and get creative and have a go at making a book.

The LUMA Film Festival features screenings of University of York student work, plus talks and workshops led by leading professionals in the UK film and television industry.

Find out about the ‘dark side’ of the Moon and much more as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Moon landings with a hands-on, family-friendly workshop.

Find out about the ‘dark side’ of the Moon and much more as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Moon landings with a hands-on, family-friendly workshop.

Find out about the ‘dark side’ of the Moon and much more as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Moon landings with a hands-on, family-friendly workshop.